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My quiet "cool" case

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Narbs

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Ok.. this isn't anything special but I figured i'd share it with you people.. I'm not a case mod slut so dont clown

First is an outside shot, notice the custom intake on the side panel.
Case shot

This is a shot of the side panel with sonex (or whatever) which helps reduce noise levels.
Panel

This is a good shot of the interior showing the custom exhaust and more sonex work.
whoosh

Last is another interior shot showing more slut work with sonex, notice I didn't forget to put it behind the front plastic panel.
sonex baby

Ok, after spending half a night putting in this sonex, I wasn't disappointed at the end. Believe it or not, my noise levels, especially HD went down at least 40%. Also you might believe this or I don?t care if you do, the case and cpu temp dropped a few C degrees. My theory behind that is that it prevents heat from building up on the dense metal frame work. I think it prevents heat from building up or it might reduce the volume of the interior therefore making it easy for the air to flow through. Either case I highly recommend this stuff if you have a loud case. I think got it from www.2cooltek.com for $9 a sheet, I needed 2 for my case, kind of pricy for worth it in my opinion. Ok let the whoring begin
 
Nice first post. I'm actually thinking (or doing when i get the rest of the parts of my new box) about doing this too.

About the $9 cost, I saw another post talking about the same thing but the dude was able to find some sound store or some mfg that makes these stuff and a manager let him whore as much as he wanted for $4 or so (picking the scraps).
 
I would be careful, putting foam that close to your components is dangerour, foam burns really easily. I had my LAN case lined in that foam witht the hills and valleys, but I only have it on the back now, gotta be safe!

Looks good though!
 
LOL. i like your glass, where'd you get it? Do they make other logos (I'll snag myself a DBZ one if they make it). I suck w/ colors and stuff so hopefully someone else can answer it.

Not too sure if this means anything, but I just got the same foam narbs has from 2cool. i ripped a small piece out and tried to light it up. the only thing that happened was that piece of foam shriveled up. i dont think it ever caught on fire. eventhough 2cool's site says it is flamable, my mini-test failed to prove that. i'll try burning a larger piece when i actually get this stuff in my case and have some larger scraps.
 
FWIW - Sonex dries out and starts turning to dust after awhile. I have a dedicated listening room that has Sonex strategically placed on the walls and after a few years it's started breaking down. At work we have some machines that use it inside to keep the noise down. They get kind of warm like the inside of a computer case and the Sonex in them has already started breaking down after about 9 months. YMMV.
 
A better solution than Sonex is Dynamat. It is a little more expensive, but is also more sound absorbing, denser, and doesn't dry out. You can get it at just about any car-audio store (used for sound dampening and vibration control in car bodies). They even make a kit just for computers. It works by actually stopping the vibrations not just the sound waves.
 
i've read conflicting reports about using dynamat. some say it works and other's dont. the ones that don't say they can still hear the high pitch of the fans and HDs and that dynamat is really just for low pitch sounds. not too sure who to believe.
 
he got one of those penny cutters you see on tv and attached it there (i know him in RL). said his hand hurt for a few days after doing that ;p. things we do to save $40 from buying the right tools.
 
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