sound insulation?

[tpt]

Anybody ever put sound insulation inside a case? Melamine? Poleurethane? Polyesther? I'm doing some research for my company, thought maybe someone would have experience with it. We're trying to reduce the sound that makes it to a user by 3-5 dB. Also, if we add this stuff (.5" or so), how much will it hurt our cooling efforts. Thanks,

~Zack

 

[Alphacowboy]

I've been wondering the same thing... But the heat is the big big factor! I have about 8 fans, 2 7200rpm HDD, 1 5400rpm HDD, and a Sparq1.0 drive... I should almost wear ear plugs around it! Any Ideas people? I would luv some suggestions!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[StanFL]

You can find some decent threads on this in the "Cases and Cooling" forums here on Anandtech.