But they aren't quiet. My NH-D14 is loud by my standards.
You don't understand how sensitive my hearing is. I can hear people fucking in the house across the street. I hear people's noses whistling if they are in the same room.
Fans are fucking important to me.
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Which is why my next upgrade is doing a watercooling loop for my CPU. Going to do a 360 in the top I think, and maybe a 140 in the back, then I'll run four Ap13's on like 700-800rpm perhaps. I'll see what my temps are and maybe I can run my dual 580's on the loop as well, not sure. I don't really want to have an external box since my PC is on the floor, but I might have to.
Closed ear headphones help.