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POLL: How noisy is your Mac Studio Ultra vs Max?
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I can deal with it, but I still think it's odd and maybe Apple willh do something with a firmware update. (I hope)
Thanks to this thread (and others) I was all concerned that my M1 Ultra was going to be loud and annoying on my desk.
I cannot audible tell any difference between before I got the machine, and after.
I just checked on a decibel app, and my home office is around 34 dB. I have a very low sound of air due to an air cleaner in the room, and oddly my APC UPS generates a bit of coil whine.
But I can't hear the M1 Ultra.
Using iStats menus I did try flipping the fans on high, and yeah, THEN it's loud! But just running system controller it's very quiet.
I cannot audible tell any difference between before I got the machine, and after.
I just checked on a decibel app, and my home office is around 34 dB. I have a very low sound of air due to an air cleaner in the room, and oddly my APC UPS generates a bit of coil whine.
But I can't hear the M1 Ultra.
Using iStats menus I did try flipping the fans on high, and yeah, THEN it's loud! But just running system controller it's very quiet.
Mac Studio more noisy than the Mac Mini, MacPro, Macbook Pro:
You have to remember that not all (majority) are noisy, just some. Mine is very quiet and I have the Max.
Mine is the Ultra and is silent unless I put my ear touching the machine in the back. Three or 4 inches above it I hear nothing!! On day three now and haven't heard any audible noise from 2 feet away. Feel very fortunate hit the lotto!!!
Ya but when someone is not complaining about any high pitch or whine noise and simply states the air exhausted is more noticeable then a MacPro and by a lot that should say something. Then sprinkle in the other noises then becomes insane annoying. And for those that claim theirs Mac Studio are as queit as Mac mini either don't have Mac mini to compare to or their expectations of what a computers acoustics should be are lower than mine.
I had a m1 mini and I literally swapped it for my studio Max. They are both totally silent. I haven't heard a peep from my studio, I can't even tell its on.
Yes after watching the event and apple stating it runs at 15 DB during web browsing usage.
I don’t mean to be a jerk, but considering the studio is only taller than the mini to accommodate the fans, I think that was an unrealistic expectation.
And I can have a MacBook Pro whose fans have not once kicked on since Ive owned it with tighter thermals. Not trying to be a jerk but how is this unrealistic. The MBP runs 59 ° C and fans don't kick on at all. Mac mini runs at 2900 RPMs all the time and can't be heard at all. The Mac Studio never gets to 40 C and the fans are on at 1350+ ( Half the Mac mini) all the time. AND AGAIN IT'S A FREAKING HIGH PITCHED NOISE THAT'S KILLING ME, NOT THE FANS BEING ON FOR THE LAST TIME. why don't people understand this! PLEASE. So I absolutely am not unreasonable with my expectations. I never once said they are loud. Not in any of my posts. I did say I've owned many more quiet Macs. But the problem is not a loudness problem. Its a high pitched noise either produced by the power supply lottery situation or a combination of factors. the fans can be adjusted but the high pitched noise is here to stay.
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So basically is a lotto?
what's the difference between? different brand fans or something?
I want buy a studio but I hate noisy machines beside my desk and I can't return products to apple (I'm not like in USA right now, so impossible to return stuff, so If I order it, I'm be force to keep, so get a noise one for that money it would be very annoying for me).
It sounds like a lottery as my ultra is very quiet. You can hear the fans from a few inches with an ear to the machine, but not further.
The thing I couldn’t believe is not hearing any increase in fan noise when testing the speed on my apps, 100% GPU and 100% CPU [not at the same time] on sustained load [about a 6 minute render].
For me the ultra is an engineering marvel, but it does sound like others are not having the same experience.
I don't believe there is a lotto on loud vs dead quiet. That's pretty ridiculous. There must be something else at play like some software bug in Mac OS, some 3rd party app causing it or the Studio is defective.
There are 2 different powers supply by 2 different suppliers and can be found in eithe max or ultra configurations. The power supplies are built to apples specs but even look completely different one having probably twice the amounts of capacitors. One brand is Delta and I can’t remember the other. Linus tech tips did the tear downs on theirs and discovered the 2 different power supply boards. It’s speculated, but not confirmed, that there is a prominent coil whine on one vs. the other.
I never use things like that control hardware, I prefer the machine decide what needs.
Sounds like down the fans speed can cause overheating and things like that?
Sorry my ignorance, is just a common sense way of thinking.
Nice but I don't want pay $2K more for the Ultra for just the fan noise, I don't need the ultra, the max is ok.
This same discussion was had with the 2018 Mac Mini: 2018 Mac Mini coil whine
Hello,
I just ordered a new one. (32/32/1TO) I hope it won't whistle like the previous one.
m1maverick: What solution had been found?`
Best regards
I just ordered a new one. (32/32/1TO) I hope it won't whistle like the previous one.
m1maverick: What solution had been found?`
Best regards
I live in Belgium. My Mac Studio M1 Max 32 GPU is silent. No high pitch noise. I am very happy.