Are you sure it DOES actually sound like a jet engine and is that loud?  Fans have to work harder when playing games and the noise will increase.  Sometimes the louder your fans are the better because it means your computer is preventing an overheat better.   

I dont really care bout how mine sounds.. i love my Gen4! i have been wanting a gamer all my life! i keep mine under the desk, where there is carpet and the mass of the noise is absorbed. but heed my warning. CLEAN it, dust it every week..

And not to be disrespectfull. but if you cant take the noise. dont get one.

i know a ton of people that got a gamer system and now they think that company is cruddy.. i'm not gonna say any names. but, i have been in buissness in dell since 1996 and all of my dell computers are still working as if they were new. (of course i clean them out)

So far dell is the best company i have ever done buissness with.

and i think my Dell XPS Gen4 Rocks

so have a nice day and GAME ON!

Well the reason that I brought this here is not that it is too loud for my taste, but rather than it is louder than an identicle computer, so I was thinking something may be wrong with it.

unplug it, and open it up and CAREFULLY clean out with a vaccum all the dust from from the fans, intakes, etc and under the CPU green shroud (again be careful).  Dont forget to clean the front and rear areas of the power supply, front grill etc,  which sit on the floor and take in a lot of dust.  Use a can of compressed air to get in there too.  A little dust buildup will cause your fans to work harder, spin faster, make more noise, etc

  Also, If there is any PCI cards below the video card (like the sound card), move to the bottom slot yo free up air space around the video cards fan. I did this with my Gen4 and the machine runs cooler and quieter than when it arrived at my door.

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I returned an XPS4 for that reason. I think there was something faulty for the fans.

I just asked for a replacement system. While it still isn't as quiet as my old 8250, it is considerably quieter than my first XPS4 system.

Still, a small price to pay for such a powerful system :-)

Just a follow up..hows it sounding now? i have to clean mine out cause its getting stuffed with dust...

and yea..i didnt notice the jet engine thing..wow...thats loud..my father used to work with experimental rockets and jets with NASA. he even met chuck yeager. he used to take me out there and we would see the planes in action i was always amazed. but DANG those things were loud...i have a vaccum that might compare *looks deathly at ultra shark*

yes i agree. only vaccume out as a last resort. it is not recommended by dell.

i vaccume very carfully and i have been told that it is dangerous. so please, call dell before anything.

and yes i have a special vac for computers...it is called "DataVac" and it is a 2-in-1 blower-vac

Message Edited by MediaRocker on 07-28-2005 04:10 PM