Silent Thinkpad

[iums1]

Hi,

I'm about to buy a thinkpad and I would like to know which model has the most silent cpu fan.
Are there any modifications, like installing a different fan, or any tricks to make a thinkpad more pleasing noise whise?
Please tell me your thoughts and suggestions.

[QWERTY Andreas]

With my undervolted W500, and a CPU profile where it run on a very low speed (for browsing and text) i can run with the fan completely turned off.

The new tablets like Thinkpad 8, Thinkpad 10 and Helix 2 is passively cooled.

[600X]

I can recommend the T540p in that regard. Despite its Quad Core CPU, the fan rarely runs and if it does, then with a very silent 1500 or 2000 RPM. It also stays very cool. I was actually quite impressed with the cooling system of the T540p.

[precip9]

With my undervolted W500, and a CPU profile where it run on a very low speed (for browsing and text) i can run with the fan completely turned off.

The new tablets like Thinkpad 8, Thinkpad 10 and Helix 2 is passively cooled.

Even without that measure, the W500/T500 is extremely quiet.

[killer]

I can recommend the T540p in that regard. Despite its Quad Core CPU, the fan rarely runs and if it does, then with a very silent 1500 or 2000 RPM. It also stays very cool. I was actually quite impressed with the cooling system of the T540p.

My T540p is as quiet as a mouse.

[Medessec]

I will side with W500 owners who note the laptop's quietness. As long as you're not gaming or stressing the machine, it's whisper quiet, and even still whisper quiet when it's pushed for a performance machine.

The W700 takes the bacon for laptops that have insane performance and quiet cooling. I've played with W700s and the DS model, with several different hardware configurations(Quadro FX2700M/3700M, T9400/T9600, Q9000 Quad-core, QX9300) and never have I come across a laptop that propels CAD, 3D animations and simulations, and of course... games so well, and made so little noise in concern of it's cooling.

[Ole]

+1 For the W500. I hear my harddrive better than the fan for normal use, and even when running games it's not much of a noise.

[CPC464]

+1 For the W500. I hear my harddrive better than the fan for normal use, and even when running games it's not much of a noise.

+1 for the W500 too. Of all Thinkpads I've owned this is the coolest and quieter, to the point that the HD is noisier than the running fan for nomal use too. One of these with SSD and a P processor will be really silent (and still pretty capable). The T61p was very silent too, but between the two models I would go for the W500.

[i2000s]

Now, if you have a high budget, you can consider those fanless TPs, like Helix 2. No noise at all yet powerful enough.

[ArtShapiro]

I'll chime in with a question: Having not used either the T500 or the W500, what are some of the important distinctions between them?

Art

[QWERTY Andreas]

I'll chime in with a question: Having not used either the T500 or the W500, what are some of the important distinctions between them?

Art

The Graphics Card (256 vs 512 mb vRAM). And the possibility of a resolution of 1900x1200.