Will This Be a Quiet Case

[cpres]

Thermaltake Aguila VD1000BWS ATX Mid-Tower, No Power Supply w/Window (Black)

How well will this do on the quiet end? Not going to do any overclocking or any hardcore gaming so I am hoping to keep it pretty quiet.

Throwing in a OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX 2.2/EPS/SLI Power Supply
that is supposed to be pretty quiet too.

 

[stardrek]

Talks about case construction and included fans:
http://www.modthebox.com/review480_1.shtml

I can't really find much with acoustic reviews of the case. Mabye someone else knows of one, but usally does a good job.

 

[RallyMaster]

Nope. Don't count on a Thermaltake case to be quiet.

 

[twitchee2]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Nope. Don't count on a Thermaltake case to be quiet.

agreed just relaced my tsunami with a p180b what a difference

 

[Zepper]

Welcome to the AT Forums.

The Aguila has a mesh front does it not? Lets all the dust in and all the noise out... And the noise and flow specs on Tt fans are wildly optimistic. The CoolerMaster Mystique should be decent on noise if it suits you otherwise. The Silverstone TJ02 or 04 shouldn't be too bad.

If noise is really your top priority take a look at the Arctic Cooling Silentiums carried by SVC.com et al. They have space limitations for really high-end systems, but for most reasonable systems they should do fine. The fans in those are pretty fragile in shipping, so if you get one and any of the fans are noisy on arrival, just RMA them. It should be hard to tell the darn things are running if the fans are right.
. The Antec 180 is OK too if you're planning a larger system. Lian Li also has some new cases that are supposed to be noise-centric but they are pricey.

.bh.

 

[cyberknight]

a case is as only quiet as the parts inside it. if you have a 6000RPM fan, it's gonna be noisy no matter what.

 

[Operandi]

Lian Li makes some of the best cases around, the PC-7B is particularly popular here. Personally I like the V series, spesificly the V600 and V1100.

For fans for the above mentioned cases Yate Loon is about as quiet as you can get. Though I wouldn't recommend them for CPU cooling duties due to their use of sleeve bearings.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

TT will not be quiet. fans are loud and TT lies about their specs. don't count on good quality either

 

[stardrek]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Lian Li makes some of the best cases around...V1100.

My roommate just bought one of these, they are really nice. Kind of a bitch to put everything in, esp if you have a big power supply, but everything went smoothly for the most part. I liked it so much that I will be buying one. Nice and quiet.

 

[pkme2]

I have LLs and use Yate Loons case fans for their quiteness.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: stardrek

Originally posted by: Operandi
Lian Li makes some of the best cases around...V1100.

My roommate just bought one of these, they are really nice. Kind of a bitch to put everything in, esp if you have a big power supply, but everything went smoothly for the most part. I liked it so much that I will be buying one. Nice and quiet.

uhh for 230 dollars i could think of serveral better cases. :X hell for that much its even possible to find a TJ-07 if you look hard enough and that would pwn a LL.

 

[Talcite]

Don't forget that the vibrations caused by poor construction can cause more noise than the components themselves. If the case doesn't have special features to reduce vibration, I can't see it being extraordinarily quiet unless you're only mounting 1 fan and a 2.5" HDD.