After much consideration and research I have finally decided to get round to the case upgrade for my computer. My current case was designed for over clocking and has been with me for about 4 years or so now. The key reason for upgrading was noise reduction and I have been looking at ways to reduce the noise levels of my computer. To try and minimise noise as much as possible I have ordered the following:
Antec P180 case
Acousti AcoustiPack Deluxe (v2) Acoustic Material Kit
Gigabyte G-Power Silent Blue Light Cooler
Artic cooling VGA silencer
Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Cooler
Silverstone SST-FP52 Silver Aluminium Fan Controller
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Vantec Vibration Dampening Kits for all Case Fans
Vantec Vibration Dampening Kit for Power Supply
120mm Zalman quiet case fan
Phrixus has offered to help build this new case which will be a big help seeing as the bare case weighs 14kgs and the sound proofing kit alone is 3kgs!! Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures and a nice write up done in the next few weeks once all of this stuff arrives and a little review of all the items I have ordered. One thing is for sure is that it should be a heck of a lot quieter than my current case.
December 19th, 2005 at 9:28 am
That sounds like a nice kit list. Only one thing is puzzling me about it.
Why, if the case doesn’t have a side window, are you getting an LED CPU cooler?
December 19th, 2005 at 10:15 am
Well I did not really want a LED CPU cooler but it was socket A - there are not many quiet CPU coolers around that support socket A. It was quiet enough for me and should fit my motherboard unlike the Zalman socket A heatsinks.
December 20th, 2005 at 7:55 pm
Is it here yet????
December 20th, 2005 at 8:07 pm
Not yet!! Hopefully it will be before christmas though.
December 21st, 2005 at 10:56 am
Is it here yet?
December 21st, 2005 at 11:44 am
No. It was sorted at the Royal Mail National hub at 01.24 this morning so maybe today, but probably tommorow. Hopefully!
December 23rd, 2005 at 12:04 am
Is it here yet??
December 23rd, 2005 at 8:57 am
No!
December 23rd, 2005 at 7:08 pm
Is it here yet???
December 30th, 2005 at 10:28 am
Yes - It is here now!
January 3rd, 2006 at 12:41 am
Good!