Cool Case - Noise Level
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| beirwin Oct 25, 2010 8:00 PM EDT |
This looks like a cool case. One question -- is it quiet? |
| tuxchick Oct 25, 2010 8:56 PM EDT |
It is quiet compared to most cases, but not as quiet as the Antec Solo cases. The fans are quiet but that open grill on top makes the internal sounds more audible, and the whole front panel is an open grill for more airflow. If you're used to a typical system it will sound nice and quiet; if you're spoiled like me with super-quiet custom systems you'll notice it. For a super-quiet system the Antec LifeStyle Solo is my current fave, http://www.amazon.com/Antec-LifeStyle-Quiet-Mini-Tower-Piano... My audio production computer is inside a LifeStyle Solo case. You can hear it running when you get up close to it, and it sits on a wood floor. The fileserver in the 300 is just audible from the doorway of the room, on carpet. I like Samsung SATA drives because they are very quiet and reliable. I use quiet, higher-end power supplies, quiet CPU coolers, and fanless or lower-end video cards. Hope that helps, I don't measure sones or decibels :) |
| tmx Oct 26, 2010 4:32 PM EDT |
That case seem to use all 120mm fans so they are quieter than smaller fans. You can just buy fans that ouput below 10db from newegg, such as from the brand Scythe and SilentX. A real quiet computer, would be something integrated like this miniITX mobo using "labtop psu without fans". I want to get something like that for the future to replace my microATX, but it would have to be a quadcore. opps, link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131... |
| hkwint Oct 26, 2010 5:23 PM EDT |
It's interesting how much this case looks like the Casetek 1016, the one under my desk. In my case however, the PSU 'almost touches the ceiling' of the case, so the air flows from the front/bottom (the two fans behind the filters, blowing air through the HD's to the mid of the case) to the back/top. Caseteks might be a bit cheaper (Casetek is Taiwanese, Antec from US), while having almost the same design. Some more thoughts on a silent PC (ignore rest of this post if you're not interested): Mine was silent before the 80mm fans got old. Probably there's some dust in it, but as I suffer from a shortage of money and storage space, Carla's excellent advise on using an air compressor to blow the dust is not an option as of yet. I think when you only have to clean the fans, you can 'unmount' them (Linux should have a command to physically unmount your fans, coming to think of it!) and then you can use the vacuum cleaner. However, be sure to tighten the blades, so they can't turn while hoovering! Once I lost a fan because the blades started turning real hard because I was hoovering. I'd opt for some Nexus Damptek (mats), as it helps damping the noise that is left, both in the case and sticked to the surface the case is put upon. It's not that expensive, and it helps a little. Sadly, I didn't mount 120mm fans, as my case is not designed for them. Of course, be sure to mount a quiet PSU as well, and I'd advise passive cooled northbridge / videocard if possible. My 330W (!) Tagan PSU is about 6 years old now, and still very quiet. In contrary to the cheaper PSU's, the Tagan can really deliver 330W, which is why it's still enough to power today's PC's, given you don't buy the newest GPU's and Intel CPU's (I use the energy-efficient series from AMD, and a passive cooled nvidia-card). If you're interested, I'd definitely recommend the website http://www.silentpcreview.com/ , it can be of great help if you want something silent. From time to time, there's also a review of cheap PC's in computer magazines, though it helps if you're able to read German - because then suddenly there are two times as many articles about the topic to read. |
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