How loud is the fan when you are using it "normally" (not gaming or video rendering)? How does it look when you do nothing at all, i.e. screen off, but not in sleep mode?
An indication in decibels would be great

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How loud is the fan when you are using it "normally" (not gaming or video rendering)? How does it look when you do nothing at all, i.e. screen off, but not in sleep mode?
An indication in decibels would be great

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It's now at home with me. The PC is really quiet. If you don't do anything complicated, it clocks down again relatively quickly and you don't hear anything from the fan (NUCs are not passively cooled).

My amateurish measurement showed the following:
- Base level in the room: 33dbA
- NUC running, Windows started: 34dbA
- Demanding something from the CPU (compressing a few GB of data into a zip): 40dbA
Measured with the iPhone at a distance of about 20cm.

Conclusion: During "normal use" such as surfing the internet, office, livestreaming in the browser, etc., you don't hear anything from the NUC.

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AFAIK the NUC are passively cooled

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How loud is the fan when you are using it "normally" (not gaming or video rendering)? How does it look when you do nothing at all, i.e. screen off, but not in sleep mode? An indication in decibels would be great