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From: Flasherly on 18 Apr 2010 05:16
On Apr 17, 1:59 pm, "Jim" <luckyjim2000_2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Charlie Hoffpauir" <inva...(a)invalid.com> wrote in message
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> news:7tqjs551f8rmbvsge802n1j96676q67auf(a)4ax.com...
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> > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim"
> > <luckyjim2000_2...(a)yahoo.com> 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.

Bright idea. Picture, yea, that's it. All 120mm fans. One very
large total of 5 fans (7 if counting 2 fans on some PSupplies). Put
in what you want, though. Not sure I've even a fan hooked up
(weather's not yet hot enough).

I wouldn't touch 80mm these days, except for a CPU cooler fan setup.
80mm fans are 2 or 3 years behind a lot more efficient design on 120mm
equipped cases.

Remember it cost me dirt (caught a discount sale -- think around
$40US, shipped, I guess) -- being very pleased with the design.
Thought it might have been a copycat no-namer, but turns out I got
good stuff. It's an Antec.

Whoops. Top's a 140mm. Forgot that. Also may have to drill a hole a
rig something for controlling speeds on a bunch of fans.

Another thing -- these big-butted fans need a handle and have to be
controlled. I once got a 120mm highend brand (Tsunami?) that moved
something like 120+cfoot (in an all-aluminum Antec Lanboy). Utterly
ridiculous. Besides the noise of a jet engine drone, the biggest
disadvantage they pose is turning an otherwise perfectly cool computer
setup into a vacuum cleaner. Filter it -- yea, sure -- all that means
is the accumulate dust debris is going to be a mixture of finer dust
bunnies. Filthy, filthy ... not only inside the case, but everywhere
outside the case where a crack of air can get in. If the case is near
anything, a wall, god forbid curtains and window blinds, behind it,
count on that being reduced to a messy sight in short order, too. In
short, got to be able to crank them babies down.

Well, without further ado, here it is ... <ta-dah> ....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
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