Do all quad cores whine?

[Barrister]

I don't know exactly why, but while my computer is whisper-quiet normally, whenever the DVD drive spools up it causes a hell of a racket for a few seconds.

Not usually an issue, but unfortunately Dragon Age requires the disk to be in the drive.

[grumbler]

I don't know exactly why, but while my computer is whisper-quiet normally, whenever the DVD drive spools up it causes a hell of a racket for a few seconds.

Same here.  I think that that is just the nature of the beast.  Ironically, my HDDs are small enough to implement the noise dampening built into my case, but the noisier DVD drive is too large to fit the rubber mounts.

[derspiess]

I don't know exactly why, but while my computer is whisper-quiet normally, whenever the DVD drive spools up it causes a hell of a racket for a few seconds.

Same here.  I think that that is just the nature of the beast.  Ironically, my HDDs are small enough to implement the noise dampening built into my case, but the noisier DVD drive is too large to fit the rubber mounts.

If you think *your* DVD drive is noisy, my kid broke off the front plate of the tray on mine a few days ago & I can't find the piece.  So it's louder than my Xbox now.

Which is fine by me, because it makes it look even more like I need to replace my whole system

[DGuller]

I just noticed a sound coming from my work PC.  It's a dual core, not a quad core.  I've been working on a very complicated Excel workbook, and every time I made a change that forced it to recalculate everything, CPU usage went to 100% for both cores for a couple of seconds. 

As it was doing it, I was hearing a sound like a hair dryer spooling up from my PC.  I guess all high-powered PCs generate a ton of heat when they're utilized to their full capacity, and that forces the CPU fan to really get its ass in gear.

[DontSayBanana]

I guess all high-powered PCs generate a ton of heat when they're utilized to their full capacity, and that forces the CPU fan to really get its ass in gear.

FYPFY.  Multi-core processors run HOT.  The Athlon X2 64 in my laptop routinely comes in around 60-65C per core.

[grumbler]

I guess all high-powered PCs generate a ton of heat when they're utilized to their full capacity, and that forces the CPU fan to really get its ass in gear.

FYPFY.  Multi-core processors run HOT.  The Athlon X2 64 in my laptop routinely comes in around 60-65C per core.

Laptops also run HOT.  Multi-cores in laptops is piling Pelion upon Ossa.

[DontSayBanana]

Laptops also run HOT.  Multi-cores in laptops is piling Pelion upon Ossa.

I was aware of this, but it's the first time I've had normal core temps come in above 50-55C.

Hell, my overclocked Celeron desktop came in at 49C.  No fan, just thermal paste and heat sink.