…or buy an oled one, maybe?
OK now you’re cooking. Would this actually play sweet tunes?
Is the LCD one louder than the OLED?
Yes, the OLED model has a more efficient processor, thus producing less heat, thus the fan runs at a lower speed, this making less noise.
LCD is distractingy loud, OLED is very quiet.
There was a supply shortage of fans during the launch of the LCD model. Valve solved this by shipping two types of fans until supply was restored. If you had one of the alternative fans, then your SD would have a pretty bad whine.
Though, Valve offered original replacement fans via. IFixIt soon after, so you could just buy the better fan and change it. I did.
In addition to what the other reply said, the OLED model has lower power usage for the SoC because it’s a newer revision of the same chip, made with a newer process.
Or you could attach the top of a whoopee cushion over it.
Fan too loud? Remove it
Did that for a home server of mine after the CPU fan broke. Kept an eye on the temperature for a while and it works great. Now I only need to get rid of the PSU to make it really silent.
Removing the PSU would quiet things down. The PSU fan though, I had mine break on my computer awhile back and out of laziness and frugality left it for a few months and had no ill effects.
I soldered resistors into the fans on my old poweredge
- Apple
Device overheats?
You’re using it wrong!
Thsi may help you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLNHDxd6nDc
I had a LCD, and it was good, but the fan was super annoying and battery life was abysmal, and it even got a little warm. The fan was so loud it would drown out the sound of some games and was very distracting. I debated since launch about an OLED upgrade but didn’t think it was worth it till this Christmas when I decided to upgrade.
Wow, this thing is so much better. Almost silent, battery lasts waaaay longer and the screen I never expected to be saw jaw dropping. My only regret is I waited so long to upgrade.
I’m still holding out with the LCD for the steam deck 2
but then i can’t smell it
So digital bagpipes are somehow better?
Bagpipes are always better!
