Advice wanted on a new mid tower chassis?

[Nextman916]

Right now I own a aerocool aeroengine case but the thing is dam LOUD!!!! I was basically just going on looks when i first bought my rig thinking i could put up with the noise. Im in the ballpark of $50-$100, maybe slightly more for a quality case. My rig consists of a P4 at 3.3ghz with stock hsf cranked up and a 6800ultra agp, is there any case that can silence this? Or at least do a pretty good job lowering the noise levels? Anything solid/roomy, preferebly black but doesnt have to be.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Nextman916
Right now I own a aerocool aeroengine case but the thing is dam LOUD!!!! I was basically just going on looks when i first bought my rig thinking i could put up with the noise. Im in the ballpark of $50-$100, maybe slightly more for a quality case. My rig consists of a P4 at 3.3ghz with stock hsf cranked up and a 6800ultra agp, is there any case that can silence this? Or at least do a pretty good job lowering the noise levels? Anything solid/roomy, preferebly black but doesnt have to be.

Nextman916, w/ the budget & components you list, your best bet IMO is to upgrade the cooling on your current setup. For ex. upgrading the stock HSF on your P4 to a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro will dramatically reduce the "noise" in your current rig w/ a "small" investment

 

[fireontheway]

LX-6A19 or Centurion 532

 

[Nextman916]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Nextman916
Right now I own a aerocool aeroengine case but the thing is dam LOUD!!!! I was basically just going on looks when i first bought my rig thinking i could put up with the noise. Im in the ballpark of $50-$100, maybe slightly more for a quality case. My rig consists of a P4 at 3.3ghz with stock hsf cranked up and a 6800ultra agp, is there any case that can silence this? Or at least do a pretty good job lowering the noise levels? Anything solid/roomy, preferebly black but doesnt have to be.

Nextman916, w/ the budget & components you list, your best bet IMO is to upgrade the cooling on your current setup. For ex. upgrading the stock HSF on your P4 to a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro will dramatically reduce the "noise" in your current rig w/ a "small" investment

The P4 isnt even the loudest thing in my case, The ultra is and 3 of my case fans. Which is why i would rather replace my case, which i was going to do anyways, to deafen the sound.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Nextman916

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Nextman916
Right now I own a aerocool aeroengine case but the thing is dam LOUD!!!! I was basically just going on looks when i first bought my rig thinking i could put up with the noise. Im in the ballpark of $50-$100, maybe slightly more for a quality case. My rig consists of a P4 at 3.3ghz with stock hsf cranked up and a 6800ultra agp, is there any case that can silence this? Or at least do a pretty good job lowering the noise levels? Anything solid/roomy, preferebly black but doesnt have to be.

Nextman916, w/ the budget & components you list, your best bet IMO is to upgrade the cooling on your current setup. For ex. upgrading the stock HSF on your P4 to a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro will dramatically reduce the "noise" in your current rig w/ a "small" investment

The P4 isnt even the loudest thing in my case, The ultra is and 3 of my case fans. Which is why i would rather replace my case, which i was going to do anyways, to deafen the sound.

Replacing your case fans is easier and cheaper than you think Nextman916

 

[LOUISSSSS]

with those parts... go for cooling over quiet. i run 3.2 and 6800 in a lian li v1000 plus

 

[LOUISSSSS]

get lotsa 120mm low speed fans

 

[Nextman916]

Ive narrowed it down to two centurions, the centurion 5 and 532. Which do you guys think i should go with? Im not getting the windows panel on either so in terms of quietness which would be more silent? Also on the 532 if it does not have an eject button like the 530 how would yo access your drives?