Not bad at all even when on full - if you have sound up or headphones on you won't even notice. The one thing that does bother me though about the fans is that sometimes they repeatedly go on/off in rapid succession over and over and over. I think whatever game is running must just be RIGHT at the thermal threshold so it keeps going under/over and triggering the fan to turn on and then shut off. I wish in these cases it would just switch on for good and stay on low rpms instead of all the on/off.
Try using the thermal limiting feature in the right-hand battery menu. Any game I’m playing, I bring it down as far as I can without unacceptable impact to performance. Often I find that I can set it to 7-9 and the fan goes nearly silent without any major performance impact.
Early models were loud, but they've released software updates to make it quieter and started switching out fans in later models I believe. I've had mine since July 2022 and don't notice the fans at all for mid to low power games. It kicks on for more processor intensive games but I personally don't find it distracting.
Oh, there are multiple models now?
There’s still basically one with a couple storage options - they have shipped with different fans though. My (fairly recent) unit has very reasonable fan noise.
There's variants with slight differences in hardware like fan and SSD. It's common for consoles too.
Ah yep, I'd definitely go for the highest end model. But I'd love it if I get the latest batch with better fans and such.
They switched suppliers for the fan, apparently their previous one was much worse and the fans were much louder and annoying.
The only major difference is that the very first ones had a Delta fan that had some issues with noise and with magnets (the dbrand case's magnetic stand made the fan rev out of control).
I picked up one in mid January. By default the fans don't come on at all, you will smell plastic burning before you hear a fan. You can turn on the old fan profile which is much more aggressive about turning the fans on. The fans are quieter than my laptop, but noticeable.
Not bad. Also if you use headphones you wont even know they are on.
Echoing what other folks have said. It's quiet enough that I've never really noticed it above the game sound.
Surprisingly good. It's noticeable with some graphics intensive games, but I've never found it distracting.