David Christensen wrote: > Doubling the sound energy adds 3 db. So, the two loudest > fans are around 19 dB. > > The HDD is 2.9 Bel = 29 dB.
So the total worse-case is 35.4 dB? (With the GPU, PSU and one fan still unaccounted for.) ;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*- ;;; ;;; this file: ;;; https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/audio.el (defun db (d &rest ds) (let*((all (cons d ds)) (top (apply #'max all)) (other (- (apply #'+ all) top)) (double (/ other top 1.0)) (res (+ top (* double 3))) ) (format "%.1f dB" res) )) ;; (db 14.9 15.9 15.9 14.7 29.0) ; 35.4 dB -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal