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XPS 8950, i9-12900, noise level
I have been reading of noise issues with the XPS 8950 with the i7 and i9 K CPU. How quiet is XPS 8950 i9-12900 non K CPU with air cooling and the 65W TDP rather than the 125W K CPU? With and without overclocking?
jovan
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September 2nd, 2022 07:00
Can you please tell which benchmark tool is that ?
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September 3rd, 2022 08:00
@redxps630 Is the liquid cooler superior to these ? I guess you were saying the liquid cooler is hard to get if not ordered with a new 8950?
kras1
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September 3rd, 2022 10:00
The Dell liquid cooler is better than the air cooler as far as temps are concerned, but it has a higher noise level at idle. If you don't have a "K" series CPU, the premium air cooler should work great in your PC.
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September 3rd, 2022 11:00
If the tower air cooler has authentic DP/N stamp on it with serial number then it is genuine Dell oem. eBay does have Dell oem part on sale all the time.
one user asked what benchmark tool was used to measure power consumption. looks like it was cinebench R15.
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September 4th, 2022 05:00
Thanks! I purchased the tower cooler. I almost went with a 3rd party cooler, as there is a wonderful selection to choose from. However, I don't want to deal with BIOS errors, so I went OEM.
Regarding noise in a non-k 8950, at idle, all three stock fans are running and it's virtually dead silent. If I push the CPU to 100% utilization, it sounds like a Hoover vacuum cleaner in there - it's significant. I am hoping the new premium tower cooler helps with that.
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September 4th, 2022 12:00
The new tower cooler will help with the fan noise under load as it will help keep the temps down but when it reaches a certain temp the fans will still ramp up and be noisy but hopefully for not as long or as often.