Cyberpower Gaming Battalion 502 Windows 8 PC Review (FX 4170 / Radeon 7770)

We measured the acoustic output of the entire system when idling and when under the intense load of Prime95's Small FFTs setting and FurMark. As this is a gaming system, we also decided to measure the acoustic output while playing Battlefield 3.

We measure at a distance of 1 metre from the chassis with our digital sound level meter to mirror a real world situation. We allowed the CPU cooler to operate at its default – PWM – settings.

Please refer to our KitGuru noise guide for a comparison between the noise levels of this system and everyday scenarios.

KitGuru noise guide
10dBA – Normal Breathing/Rustling Leaves
20-25dBA – Whisper
30dBA – High Quality Computer fan
40dBA – A Bubbling Brook, or a Refrigerator
50dBA – Normal Conversation
60dBA – Laughter
70dBA – Vacuum Cleaner or Hairdryer
80dBA – City Traffic or a Garbage Disposal
90dBA – Motorcycle or Lawnmower
100dBA – MP3 player at maximum output
110dBA – Orchestra
120dBA – Front row rock concert/Jet Engine
130dBA – Threshold of Pain
140dBA – Military Jet takeoff/Gunshot (close range)
160dBA – Instant Perforation of eardrum

Idle noise levels of the Gaming Battalion 502 system are quiet enough to be deemed ‘ignorable'. When tasked with a heavy load, the CPU fan speed increases to levels that are very much audible. The well-designed MSI cooler keeps the graphics card relatively quiet, irrelevant of the GPU load.

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