Anyway to sound proof or lower the noise of a case from outside??

LewLewB · 10 Mar 2011 at 23:00

Hi guys, basically I have a desktop pc (CM elite 342 case) sitting on my desk, and i find it quite noisy when i'm doing some work.
So I would like to ask if there is anything i can do to lower the noise?
I dont think i can use those soundproof pad which sticks inside the case, the interior basically have no space for that..

adbp1 · 10 Mar 2011 at 23:05

dynamat the inside. dynamat is wat they use to deaden the sound of car doors/panels.
i put inside my antec 900 and it was great. stopped a lot of the vibrations.

LewLewB · 10 Mar 2011 at 23:10

adbp1 said:
dynamat the inside. dynamat is wat they use to deaden the sound of car doors/panels.
i put inside my antec 900 and it was great. stopped a lot of the vibrations.

looked up their website looks good... but i dont know if it fits inside, on of my side panel basically is like 0.2cm from touching the top of my cpu fan .. and the cables and stuffs are touching the case as well as its just soooo small

twist3d0n3 · 10 Mar 2011 at 23:38

bury it in the garden

C64 · 11 Mar 2011 at 00:16

See if your motherboard bios offers any fan undervolting options

joxang · 11 Mar 2011 at 00:38

Aftermarket fans? Nexus quiets or Noiseblockers.
Fan controller in 5.25 bay to turn your fans down.
If it's not the case fans making the noise what is it? GPU? PSU? Hard drives? If it bothers you a lot, locate the source and see what you can do about either getting quieter components.
That said it's likely to be the case fans that are loud.

jake9891 · 11 Mar 2011 at 02:38

joxang said:
Aftermarket fans? Nexus quiets or Noiseblockers.
Fan controller in 5.25 bay to turn your fans down.
If it's not the case fans making the noise what is it? GPU? PSU? Hard drives? If it bothers you a lot, locate the source and see what you can do about either getting quieter components.
That said it's likely to be the case fans that are loud.

+1

I replaced all my fans and connected them to fan controller, helped a lot!

Reaper 392 · 3 May 2011 at 23:26

LewLewB said:
looked up their website looks good... but i dont know if it fits inside, on of my side panel basically is like 0.2cm from touching the top of my cpu fan .. and the cables and stuffs are touching the case as well as its just soooo small

sorry for massive thread bump. just a bit of desperation here on my part

what cooler are you using?
i'm looking to get a new cooler myself in the elite 342 case, and everything i look at is touch and go if it will fit or not.