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This is my first post here. I want to replace my six-year-old Sony i7 Windows 7 laptop with a fast new model, and I want it to be as QUIET as possible. My Sony has given me good service, but its fan now races at the least provocation – even with graphics-heavy web pages such as Radio Times. It drives me mad, and also make me worry that the fan is running itself into the ground. It also races when I run Microsoft Access, and something that puzzles me is that it races as soon as I launch the application. In other words, it seems to race at the expectation of running hot, not because it actually is hot. Or maybe it's just ultra-responsive.
I don’t do any gaming. My key requirement is to run various business applications at the same time under Windows 10 – e.g. Word, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Filezilla, Acrobat, Skype, maybe Access (many of these with multiple open documents), plus multiple tabs in a web browser. Oh, and with Apache web server running in the background. I might also want to run a virtualised instance of an older Windows version alongside all this in order to run ancient software.
When I look at the above, it seems a lot! But it's fair to say that my Sony handles it all pretty well, though there's low-level fan noise most of the time, and it rises to a roar with Access or demanding web pages.
I emailed my requirements to PCS, and had a very helpful response that included a sample spec based on a Defiance V RTX 17 (thanks for that - much appreciated). The full spec includes an i7 9750H processor, 32GB of SODIMM, solid-state hard drives, and an RTX 2060 6GB graphics card. My question is: with my typical work load, how quietly would this run in the real world?
Something that concerns me is that the Defiance is described as “ultra-thin”, yet many experts seem to say that compact laptop cases are likely to become hotter than those with more internal space for air circulation, and therefore will often be noisier. So would a different PCS model with similar features be more appropriate than the Defiance RTX?
I hasten to add that I'm not doubting the PCS advice - just looking for clarification or anecdotal experience on the noise issue. Thanks for any suggestions or comments.
This is my first post here. I want to replace my six-year-old Sony i7 Windows 7 laptop with a fast new model, and I want it to be as QUIET as possible. My Sony has given me good service, but its fan now races at the least provocation – even with graphics-heavy web pages such as Radio Times. It drives me mad, and also make me worry that the fan is running itself into the ground. It also races when I run Microsoft Access, and something that puzzles me is that it races as soon as I launch the application. In other words, it seems to race at the expectation of running hot, not because it actually is hot. Or maybe it's just ultra-responsive.
I don’t do any gaming. My key requirement is to run various business applications at the same time under Windows 10 – e.g. Word, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Filezilla, Acrobat, Skype, maybe Access (many of these with multiple open documents), plus multiple tabs in a web browser. Oh, and with Apache web server running in the background. I might also want to run a virtualised instance of an older Windows version alongside all this in order to run ancient software.
When I look at the above, it seems a lot! But it's fair to say that my Sony handles it all pretty well, though there's low-level fan noise most of the time, and it rises to a roar with Access or demanding web pages.
I emailed my requirements to PCS, and had a very helpful response that included a sample spec based on a Defiance V RTX 17 (thanks for that - much appreciated). The full spec includes an i7 9750H processor, 32GB of SODIMM, solid-state hard drives, and an RTX 2060 6GB graphics card. My question is: with my typical work load, how quietly would this run in the real world?
Something that concerns me is that the Defiance is described as “ultra-thin”, yet many experts seem to say that compact laptop cases are likely to become hotter than those with more internal space for air circulation, and therefore will often be noisier. So would a different PCS model with similar features be more appropriate than the Defiance RTX?
I hasten to add that I'm not doubting the PCS advice - just looking for clarification or anecdotal experience on the noise issue. Thanks for any suggestions or comments.
