Under load, the fan spins faster and is nosier, going to up to 45 dB at head level. That’s a little noisier than the Acer Nitro VX15 (42 dB) and even laptops with Nvidia 1060 graphics (44-45 dB on the Acer V15 Nitros, 45 dB on the MSI GS63), so at this point you’ll need headphones to completely cover it.