wow Silentium T1 looks very impressive

[otispunkmeyer]

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2006/03/14/arctic_cooling_silentium_t1/1.html

"Booting this system for the first time produced a brief moment of panic. Having screwed everything together, we poked the large On button at the front and for a few seconds, nothing happened: no whizzing; no whooshing. No noise of any kind. Normally, under these circumstances, we would discover that the wall socket was switched off or some similar basic mistake. However, when the Windows loading screen appeared on our display, we were taken aback - this system was powered on."

 

[VballCoach]

what's up with it not being able to upgrade to a bigger psu to run a 'real' gaming rig??
nice looking case but for I think it's overpriced if you can't install a 'real' gaming rig...ie using 7800gt and up.🙁

 

[fierydemise]

xbit did a review a while back and were similarly impressed

 

[Bobthelost]

That review is rather poor in places, the comment about tool-less PCI cards for example, i've seen reviews of cases with that system (or one very, very similar) for at least a year now.

I might get one. I've been on the lookout for a new case for either my low noise PC or my brothers (which is the worst hack job i've ever taken part in) £62 is less than my P180 cost and it looks better suited to a low powered rig than even the P150.

Now, off to SPCR to see what they say about it!

Not bad, but not so impressed either is the short version.

 

[Madwand1]

The SPCR review seems to be the best of the lot. In the end, they sounded impressed to me.

The AC3 fans are good IMO, but they're not so good that anyone would find them inaudible at full power at close range. I was wondering how they pulled it off with an apparently non temperature-controlled fan. SPCR answered that -- they are TC, but not as obviously as the retail AC 3TC fans. This puts the first review in question, because it's more or less expected that a system would be cool at startup, esp. with low-temperature components, when the TC fans haven't really kicked in.

The SPCR also showed that the HD enclosure works to cool it well due to the internal case airflow design -- a big plus IMO. But X-bit's review reported higher temps (pg. 12). I dunno... guess SPCR may be more reliable; perhaps the others' drives were just hotter.

I guess that filters are not used because this case relies on low power airflow for silence.

I'm a bit puzzled why SPCR didn't play around with down-volting the PSU fans, because it seemed to be their major complaint; in this case, I'd probably try that. I suppose the issue may be that they're PSU fans, and you wouldn't want a PSU getting too hot, and that PSU's temps could be hard to judge because of the position of the exhaust.

An interestng and surprisingly successful design, IMO.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article216-page1.html

The Silentium T2 is a good case for someone seeking a simple base for a quiet computer. In this regard, it can be compared to the similarly priced but far more conventional Antec Sonata case, which has been wildy successful by offering a noise-reduced package that allows for quieter than typical systems. In fact, for airflow management, component cooling, HDD silencing and the quality of the PSU supplied, the Artic Cooling Silentium clearly beats the Sonata. That comparison helps put this product into better perspective: There are many PC users who would find the system we assembled in this case perfectly quiet. Given the modest price, the cooling and acoustic performance offered is quite good, and the range of innovations offered is impressive.

P.S. Except for the price, I'd probably get a P150 myself instead.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article272-page1.html