Looking for fairly quiet case [Home Built PC]

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From: Jim on 17 Apr 2010 09:44

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

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From: Flasherly on 17 Apr 2010 11:01

On Apr 17, 9:44 am, "Jim" <luckyjim2000_2...(a)yahoo.com> 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.

From: Agent_C on 17 Apr 2010 11:11

From: TVeblen on 17 Apr 2010 12:45

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
>
>
>
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>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
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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.

From: Charlie Hoffpauir on 17 Apr 2010 13:22

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:44:34 +0100, "Jim"
<luckyjim2000_2000(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

Everything is what it is because it got that way....D'Arcy Thompson

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