Hello   Unknown/3rd party PCIe cards will cause 13g servers and likely all later generations to run fans at maximum RPM regardless of temperature. To my knowledge this is new with our 13g servers. I do not believe previous generations like 11g detected what exactly was populated in the PCIe slots. They changed fan thresholds based on whether or not the slots were populated not based on what was in the slot. I can't say for sure what the decibels will be. We do not have a list of all possible configurations and the decibels. The highest listed configuration in my data sheet does not include add-on PCIe cards, but the listed dBA under stress with that population is 43. I can't guarantee that the system will operate under 60 dBA, but I suspect that it will. Thanks
Hi, I'm looking at replacing my aging modified PE2950 gen 3 with a server that is more power efficient, while still retaining 2 PCIe slots. My use case is not particularly normal in that it is for a home setup and that the server will be baremetal install to act as my AD and TVServer for the house.  As such, I need to be able to add two DVB-S2 cards to the chassis to receive the satellite feed. I know that with certain other manufacturers, installing unknown PCIe cards cause their fans to go nuts as they assume the cards are overheating.  How do Dell servers deal with this, in particular the R310?  The R310 appears to meet all my needs and I think would be perfect. Also, until I removed the Perc 6/I from my R410 it was quite noisy, how does the Dell R310 fare for fan noise?  The system, along with everything else will be in a rack mount away from the living areas in the basement. I think I could cope with anything up to around 60dba but above that, it would be too noisy... I appreciate that 1u rack systems are not designed around being quiet but some genuine feedback here would be great. Any help you can provide, or direction is appreciated. Many thanks, Chris
Dell R310: What do the fans do with unknown PCIe cards?