Eclipse 62...loud?

nick112

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I just moved from the Antec P160 and my god is the Eclipse louder than that.

The Eclipse is a very nice case but I think my Raptor really misses those rubber feet things (is there a proper word for these?). When it's doing some heavy reading/writing it shakes my desk lol.

Have any of you made yours quieter?
 
The case does not make a difference to the noise really, its what you put into the case.

You can buy rubber grommets for a few pence, which are the rubber things or you could look at doing a bungee mod as is detailed in the sticky at the top of case central. :)
 
I found it hard to get the rubber grommets into the hdd slots well i couldn't even do it. I think there is more noise as its ALU so resonates more than steel. Like Yewen suggested suspending the drives in elastic in the optical bays would stop any noise. What i have done is to put my main drive in a silentmaxx enclosure and put it on the bottom of my case on rubber feet, it is totally silent. Ive got a samgung hdd in the hdd rack but that just gets used for data so doesn't seek much.

Mark
 
You can always try a silent box, just make sure u got good air flow...

I was gonna take the Silent box idea further by using the Asus Sata PCI header and have my SATA drive in a silent box outside the case thru elminating noise and plenty cooling but never got around to it!

Also one of my tricks is I sit my Eclipse62 on a large pillow, and this has cut about 20-30% noise straight away... no vibrations/weird noise, some guy said he uses an old wooly jumper lol
 
The hearddrive bay is the worst bit about the eclipse. I removed mine and put my dricves ina home made sling bay - all vibration noise gone. Also the front panel fan causes a few probs as well. Use the rubber mounts rather than screws and it makes a massive difference and ive tried 3 different fans all with same affects - if no rubber mounts then use sticky fixes
 
ted34 said:
The hearddrive bay is the worst bit about the eclipse. I removed mine and put my dricves ina home made sling bay - all vibration noise gone. Also the front panel fan causes a few probs as well. Use the rubber mounts rather than screws and it makes a massive difference and ive tried 3 different fans all with same affects - if no rubber mounts then use sticky fixes
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Yeah the rubber mounts are great, totally decouples the fan from the chassis. Also you can get rubber feet made by acustifan, they are really soft gel and work wonders if your pc sits on a desk.

Its not just the eclipse that has this problem, its most if not all Alu cases due to the nature of the material.
 
Yewen said:
The case does not make a difference to the noise really, its what you put into the case.
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No potential difference between a case with a thin alu drive cage with no isolation, compared to a 9kg all steel case (1mm throughout, inc drive cage) with a choice of drive suspension and isolation, ie P150/Solo? You no that's not true Yewen, there's big potential difference.
 
Compare the noise of a Delta in a P180 to it in a Eclipse, sounds almost identical.

It makes a difference yes, an audible one most of the time, no.

Same with acousti padding, if your rig is very quiet, its brilliant for getting rid of that last bit of motor noise, same with the P180's panels, but unless your PC is very quiet, and I mean very quiet in the first place then the case means absolutely nothing to the noise.

A noisey componant in any case will be just that, noisey.
 
Yewen, I don’t know why you’re talking fans and other stuff. Eon is talking hard drive noise, and so was I :)

If you’re talking about a cases overall silencing effect, no one is expecting the case alone to silence a system. It’s one part of the jigsaw, and a significant part, not least in suppressing hard drive noise. The P150/Solo is way better equipped for silencing hard drives than any case out there, especially cases with thin alu drive-cages with no isolation, like the Eclipse
 
You can't compare an Eclipse to a P180 without looking at what each is designed to do. The Eclipse is supplied without fans for a start. If you put quiet things in it, it will be quiet. A Raptor will be loud, no matter what you do. A Samsung HDD is usually very quiet and generates low levels of vibration. If you have a low vibration drive, rubber grommets are unnecessary.

I've had Eclipses for a long time now, and I am one of their strongest advocates - good build quality, sensible features and acres of room make them good boxes to put computers in. On the other hand, I think Antec (and to a lesser extent Silverstone) have damaged their premium manufacturer image of late with some products that are over-designed, specced out with 'features' that are of little real benefit and are of pretty flimsy construction. Compare a P180 with a Sonata. The Sonata feels like a quality item, the supplied PSU is a quality item, shaming many supposedly more powerful PSUs and the concept and execution are first class. It does make for a solid, quiet PC at a decent price. That case that has been forgotten of late as people (usually on the QuietPC website) build up excitement about the newest silent case from Antec, usually just before the bubble bursts with a general air of "well at least Antec's customer support is first rate" as doors, PSUs, drive cages or whatever have to be replaced one or more times under warranty.

So, no, an Akasa Eclipse is not loud.
 
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