old school case needs help with cooling and noise.

[gordo282]

I have an old Supermicro SC750 Full Tower ATX case.

I am building a new system (thats another thread) and want to do better to cool this machine off while cutting down on the noise...

Any thoughts for revitalizing this old case?

 

[Gautama2]

Depends on how much you are willing to spend.

If i was you, i would cut some 120mm slots in the back, and maybe one on the side and put some quiet fans in there.

Or

Find out if one of these fit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811999811

 

[Zepper]

Even a case that gigundous can be cooled by one 120mm fan in the lower front and one 120mm fan in the upper rear. Add a low and slow fan (or two, depending on how many HDDs you have) to force a slight breeze over the HDDs and that should be it. Other than the CPU and/or vid card cooler.

.bh.

 

[RKS]

I have that exact same case. I had it painted black at an autobody shop, cut a blow-hole, and put in a custom side window. (I painted the plastic front panel myself and it needs more work)

I have Akasa acoustic matting covering most of the inside panels and use a Sunbeam Rheobus to control all the fans.. I have 3 HDD and the optical drive cooled by 4 Panaflos. The blowhole and rear outlet have YLs.

I don't have any front intake fans installed yet but my plan is to cut the 3 60 grills and install two 120s but the system runs quiet and cool enough currently.

The noisiest part of the system is the stock 7800GT gpu cooler and the stock AMD HSF so it is bearable.


edit: I would keep my Supermicro case/computer and sell my Antec P180 based computer if I had to make a choice. I guess I love the room.