Quiet Gaming Capable Laptop

[marmour]

I recently purchased the ASUS G14 with 4600HS and 1650.The laptop is excellent in all areas except fan noise. When idling the fans ramp up and down, and they make a high pitched whine that is very irritating.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for other laptops in the £1000-1500 range that will be near silent at idle, or at least not give off a high pitched fan noise, and that have the ability to do some gaming. The laptop is for university so I dont want a distracting fan noise when working on non-intensive tasks.

 

I was considering the Gigabyte aero 15 2019 or Razer blade 15 base model. However, im concerned with the fan noise on the aero, and the razer im unsure of fan noise and also aware of numerous QC and support issues.

The other option is a Dell XPS 15, which would be my first choice if it weren't so expensive. I could get the 2019 model for £1440(ex VAT), but this is still more expensive than the other options and doesnt really offer anything more, except perhaps quieter performance when idling.

 

If anyone has any experience with the noise levels (idle mainly) with these laptops I would be interested to know, and let me know of any other suggestions.

Thanks

[jaslion]

37 minutes ago, marmour said:

I recently purchased the ASUS G14 with 4600HS and 1650.The laptop is excellent in all areas except fan noise. When idling the fans ramp up and down, and they make a high pitched whine that is very irritating.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for other laptops in the £1000-1500 range that will be near silent at idle, or at least not give off a high pitched fan noise, and that have the ability to do some gaming. The laptop is for university so I dont want a distracting fan noise when working on non-intensive tasks.

 

I was considering the Gigabyte aero 15 2019 or Razer blade 15 base model. However, im concerned with the fan noise on the aero, and the razer im unsure of fan noise and also aware of numerous QC and support issues.

The other option is a Dell XPS 15, which would be my first choice if it weren't so expensive. I could get the 2019 model for £1440(ex VAT), but this is still more expensive than the other options and doesnt really offer anything more, except perhaps quieter performance when idling.

 

If anyone has any experience with the noise levels (idle mainly) with these laptops I would be interested to know, and let me know of any other suggestions.

Thanks

The aero is alright but does do the ramping up and down quickly too. Razer is very very hit or miss and I would not advice getting it for quality and longevity issues. The dell is an overheating hellhole and you really loose a lot of performance to it.

 

If you can look at the xmg core 15 amd version. It's very well cooled and silent on idle (also has a mode button on it with which can force the laptop into going into a whisper quiet mode if you really want to hardcore enforce it and never let it get loud. Of course not great for gaming but that is why it's a button that toggles through the 4 modes).

[marmour]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

The aero is alright but does do the ramping up and down quickly too. Razer is very very hit or miss and I would not advice getting it for quality and longevity issues. The dell is an overheating hellhole and you really loose a lot of performance to it.

 

If you can look at the xmg core 15 amd version. It's very well cooled and silent on idle (also has a mode button on it with which can force the laptop into going into a whisper quiet mode if you really want to hardcore enforce it and never let it get loud. Of course not great for gaming but that is why it's a button that toggles through the 4 modes).

Thanks, had looked into the xmg briefly before but was unsure. Ill have look into it again, although I need to find out if i can return the G14 first

[jaslion]

12 minutes ago, marmour said:

Thanks, had looked into the xmg briefly before but was unsure. Ill have look into it again, although I need to find out if i can return the G14 first

Xmg is basically just a brand that rebadges clevo laptops like so many other smaller and bigger brands do. Pretty normal stuff and clevo in general is solid even their super low end cheap stuff.