£1000ish Cosmos 2 17.3" Laptop - Mid Gaming, CAD, 3D modelling, Rendering & gen. use
Hi All,
I'm replacing my old PCS Enigma 3 15.6" laptop (2nd gen i7, 8gb ram, gt 540m gpu). i've been hovering for a while (since january!!!) not really being able to make a decision. however after reading the...
Been looking for a new laptop to replace my enigma 3 540.
Got directed to a vortex 4 LE but read reviews that mentioned high noise output from the fan.
My current laptop also has a VERY loud and erratic fan (even for standby and browsing etc with a cooler underneath) - can regularly hear it...
I have a Enigma 3 540 which i got in summer 2011 which has always had a loud fan even when cool and not doing anything (fan would suddenly start up at full whack even when on standby or browsing for 10secs- about a min before stopping for 30secs to a few mins) - even when on a fan cooler...
Decided to replace my old enigma 3 laptop i got from pcspecialist back in june 2011 - (was originally going to wait a bit until it was 3yrs old before replacing but the old hardware's starting to be noticeable and cooling issues are starting to become quite prominent - no point spending money on...
just got a laptop from here a couple of weeks ago and found myself regularly checking out this forum when i was online so i thought i might aswell say hi while i'm here, hi!
just got an enigma 540 in the last couple of weeks to replace my old laptop to use mainly with 3d modelling software. i've noticed that it runs hot and VERY VERY loudly even with small file sizes as well as occasionally just when idle and no programs running. this is with a cooler blowing cold...