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Looking for fairly quiet case
I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't
overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. TIA __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5035 (20100416) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com |
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On Apr 17, 9:44 am, "Jim" wrote:
I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. HDs click, not vibrate. Listen to them with a screwdriver tip placed unobtrusively qurg the handle at your ear. These days, it's fans, plenty of them, and 120mm variants. Two optionally into the front grill below 4 exposed 5.25 bays, a rack for 8 3.5 hidden bays. Two to the other side of the MB and another topside. One more by way of backside augmentation above the bottom-mount, sheet bracketing for the PS. Didn't run much either, including at least one 120mm fan, probably under $50US shipped to the lower Savannahs. Will need take it apart and consider where another, probably two, are most advantage as temperatures rise into a scorcher. The included is 3-way adjustable, but entirely variable across the RPM range is also keen;- I'd much rather that than any fixed fan. Let's see... imagine one will definitely go across 3 HDs, I'll move into adjacency for a tighter profile and actively-cooled array, one on the side opposite to the CPU, both instances pulling, then the PS and another either directly topside or backplane top for exhausting with those pushing. No need to drop a lot of jack -- reasonable case prices for the most come expected from any half-sufficient brandname, an modicum added for regard and reviews likely to be well within fortitude it's an efficient design implementation. Trick, I suppose, is getting a number of good quality fans at some reasonable discount, if not for nothing and included as a better showcase, presumably then under the price of the case outlay. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim"
wrote: I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. Nexus is the Rolls-Royce in this area; http://www.cooltechpc.com/c/ctpc/std...t_pc_case.html A_C |
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On 4/17/2010 9:44 AM, Jim wrote:
I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. TIA __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5035 (20100416) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com I am rather liking my Lian Li PC-K10B. Best case I ever owned and very quiet and stock cool. There were 6 styles in this line when I bought mine 1 year ago. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim"
wrote: I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. TIA I also like a very quiet case, or if it has to make some noise, a low sound rather than an annoying high pitch. I've been using Antec Sonata cases for my last few builds, and am generally pleased with them. Some of the plusses are the fact that hard drives are "soft" mounted in removable trays. This provides vibration islolation from the metal frame. Also the frame is on the heavy side, which stops some of the annoying rattles with thin sheet metal. It also helps a LOT to use large slow rotating fans. The last computer I assembled came with a very high speed CPU cooler fan, and it overwhelmed all the other noise. changing just that fan made the case much quieter. If your video use can stand it, also look at a non-fan cooled video card. And get a power supply thats rated for ultra quiet, like an Enermax. (Some Antec cases come with a PS, so if you go that way look carefully at the PS that is provided. I recently got an antec case with 500 w PS that was quiet, but absolutely refused to function with my APC UPS.... so I had to change out the PS.) -- Charlie Hoffpauir Everything is what it is because it got that way....D'Arcy Thompson |
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"Charlie Hoffpauir" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim" wrote: I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. TIA I also like a very quiet case, or if it has to make some noise, a low sound rather than an annoying high pitch. I've been using Antec Sonata cases for my last few builds, and am generally pleased with them. Some of the plusses are the fact that hard drives are "soft" mounted in removable trays. This provides vibration islolation from the metal frame. Also the frame is on the heavy side, which stops some of the annoying rattles with thin sheet metal. It also helps a LOT to use large slow rotating fans. The last computer I assembled came with a very high speed CPU cooler fan, and it overwhelmed all the other noise. changing just that fan made the case much quieter. If your video use can stand it, also look at a non-fan cooled video card. And get a power supply thats rated for ultra quiet, like an Enermax. (Some Antec cases come with a PS, so if you go that way look carefully at the PS that is provided. I recently got an antec case with 500 w PS that was quiet, but absolutely refused to function with my APC UPS.... so I had to change out the PS.) -- Charlie Hoffpauir OK maybe I should have given a bit more info, my current case is an old Antec SX1030 but has had PSU upgraded to a Corsair HX750, new video card will be passively cooled as I say not a gamer so anything basic will do me just fine, I did change Antec's stock fans with 3 x Xilence Red Wing 80mm (2 sucking in 1 blowing out at top rear), rubber feet but hard drives are all mounted directly to the case, case design has moved on along way since i bought the 1030, it's been a superb case but just the noise it gives out sometimes is just too annoying and warrants some case being spent on a new one, will check out Nexus and Lian Li PC-K10B now so thanks for those suggestions guys. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5036 (20100417) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com |
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On 4/17/2010 1:59 PM, Jim wrote:
"Charlie wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim" wrote: I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. TIA I also like a very quiet case, or if it has to make some noise, a low sound rather than an annoying high pitch. I've been using Antec Sonata cases for my last few builds, and am generally pleased with them. Some of the plusses are the fact that hard drives are "soft" mounted in removable trays. This provides vibration islolation from the metal frame. Also the frame is on the heavy side, which stops some of the annoying rattles with thin sheet metal. It also helps a LOT to use large slow rotating fans. The last computer I assembled came with a very high speed CPU cooler fan, and it overwhelmed all the other noise. changing just that fan made the case much quieter. If your video use can stand it, also look at a non-fan cooled video card. And get a power supply thats rated for ultra quiet, like an Enermax. (Some Antec cases come with a PS, so if you go that way look carefully at the PS that is provided. I recently got an antec case with 500 w PS that was quiet, but absolutely refused to function with my APC UPS.... so I had to change out the PS.) -- Charlie Hoffpauir OK maybe I should have given a bit more info, my current case is an old Antec SX1030 but has had PSU upgraded to a Corsair HX750, new video card will be passively cooled as I say not a gamer so anything basic will do me just fine, I did change Antec's stock fans with 3 x Xilence Red Wing 80mm (2 sucking in 1 blowing out at top rear), rubber feet but hard drives are all mounted directly to the case, case design has moved on along way since i bought the 1030, it's been a superb case but just the noise it gives out sometimes is just too annoying and warrants some case being spent on a new one, will check out Nexus and Lian Li PC-K10B now so thanks for those suggestions guys. Don't skip the Antec Sonata cases either. I have the original Sonata 1 and a Sonata 2, they are good, quiet cases. In my case the Sonata 3 was too small for my monster video card, but it may be acceptable for you. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:59:46 +0100, "Jim"
wrote: "Charlie Hoffpauir" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim" wrote: I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, i don't overclock neither am i a great game player but i do give the cpu a hard time sometimes (mainly video encoding/making rar files/making par2 files etc) i need a case that has at least 2 x 5.25 drive bays, 1 x external 3.5 bay, and a fair few internal 3.5 bays as well (at the very least 4, more if poss) I will not use watercooling everything will be air cooled. My biggest problem is right now i have done everything i can to make my current case as quiet as poss but sometimes there is still some kind of vibration which i can only put down to hard drives, so i'm looking for a case that will be as quiet as poss without spending a stupid amount of ££££ I have looked at more cases then i care to mention so i'm looking for some feedback from others who have taken the steps to buy a quieter case and had good results, I'd like to keep the price below £100 but to be honest i think i may need to spend more like £150 but that is the max i will spend, if you need any more info from me just let me know. TIA I also like a very quiet case, or if it has to make some noise, a low sound rather than an annoying high pitch. I've been using Antec Sonata cases for my last few builds, and am generally pleased with them. Some of the plusses are the fact that hard drives are "soft" mounted in removable trays. This provides vibration islolation from the metal frame. Also the frame is on the heavy side, which stops some of the annoying rattles with thin sheet metal. It also helps a LOT to use large slow rotating fans. The last computer I assembled came with a very high speed CPU cooler fan, and it overwhelmed all the other noise. changing just that fan made the case much quieter. If your video use can stand it, also look at a non-fan cooled video card. And get a power supply thats rated for ultra quiet, like an Enermax. (Some Antec cases come with a PS, so if you go that way look carefully at the PS that is provided. I recently got an antec case with 500 w PS that was quiet, but absolutely refused to function with my APC UPS.... so I had to change out the PS.) -- Charlie Hoffpauir OK maybe I should have given a bit more info, my current case is an old Antec SX1030 but has had PSU upgraded to a Corsair HX750, new video card will be passively cooled as I say not a gamer so anything basic will do me just fine, I did change Antec's stock fans with 3 x Xilence Red Wing 80mm (2 sucking in 1 blowing out at top rear), rubber feet but hard drives are all mounted directly to the case, case design has moved on along way since i bought the 1030, it's been a superb case but just the noise it gives out sometimes is just too annoying and warrants some case being spent on a new one, will check out Nexus and Lian Li PC-K10B now so thanks for those suggestions guys. I "hate" 80 mm fans, even the quiet ones make a noise that's very annoying to me. As a test, just disconnect those fans for a few minutes and see if it makes a difference. If it does, try replacing them with very large, slow rotating fans. I "mount" fans using silicone glue (RTV).... holds them in place and provides vibration isolation. I once mounted a hard drive the same way, and it worked fine. -- Charlie Hoffpauir Everything is what it is because it got that way....D'Arcy Thompson |
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Jim wrote:
will check out Nexus and Lian Li PC-K10B now so thanks for those suggestions guys. Also, you might want to have a look at the Antec P180, !92 etc. Very quiet. -- SteveH |
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says... I'm looking for an new case to take a standard ATX mainboard, snip http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129062 Antec P193 Gunmetal Gray Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case "Antec's thoughtfully-designed P193 case brings you top performance and unique style, with its three-layer, sound-deadening panels. Inside, a separate lower chamber houses your power supply (purchased separately), isolating its heat and reducing system noise. The upper chamber comes standard with a rear 120mm and two top 140 mm TriCool fans, with a huge 200mm side fan for cool your dual VGA cards. The three-layer side panel and front door stifle system noise for peace and quiet, then opens 270-degrees for easy access. Front- mounted ports give you easy access to two USB 2.0 connectors, one eSATA connector, and audio jacks. Rear panel features external controls for the fans in the upper chamber. You'll have all the room you need to build your dream system in this case, with bays for four external 5.25" drives, one external 3.5" drive and six internal 3.5" drives. There's space for an ATX motherboard up to 12"(W) x 9.6"(L), seven expansion slots, and rubber-grommeted mounts on the rear for an optional external liquid cooling system. Built-in cable organizer behind motherboard tray keeps your cables under control. This wonderful case has everything you need to build your white hot gaming system!" s .. |
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