is there a silent and dust free case?

bimmerboii · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:03

Hi, currently fed up of having to clean my case every month. I have 3x 80mm fans sucking air into my case and these seem to accumulate dust very fast. I also run my pc 24/7!! I tried going for dust filters but they get clogged with dust in a matter of weeks.

So is there a case out there that is dust free? and at the same time can keep my pc cool?

C64 · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:07

vacum cleaner

grimjow · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:30

I found my Sonata 2 was fairly quite and had a built in dust catcher

Raikiri · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:38

How can a case be dust free without using filters and cool well? It would have to be completely enclosed... think about it

Skeeter · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:39

No case will magically remove dust from your room. If theres dust there being sucked in, it wont reduce with a different case. Just get something with 120mm fans. They are slower, and therefore quieter, and also should pull the dust in slower than the 80mm. You will still have to clean it out however.

bimmerboii · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:44

if i watercool my cpu and graphics card, then i wouldnt need an intake fan anymore would i?

Dingleberry88 · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:45

bimmerboii said:
if i watercool my cpu and graphics card, then i wouldnt need an intake fan anymore would i?

You'd still need some airflow over the north/southbridge and RAM.

bimmerboii · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:49

Dingleberry88 said:
You'd still need some airflow over the north/southbridge and RAM.

can the northbridge and southbridge be water-cooled as well?

samcat · 24 Jan 2008 at 16:09

P180/P182, sensible choice of fans (NOT the ones that come with it, far too noisy for the silence freaks out there), raise the case at least 1 foot off the floor (bulk of dust is at floor level), hoover the dust filters whenever your hoovering the floor and all stays clean and dust free.

Sam C

Dingleberry88 · 24 Jan 2008 at 16:13

bimmerboii said:
can the northbridge and southbridge be water-cooled as well?

I believe they can.

What about this:

http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=64

bimmerboii · 24 Jan 2008 at 16:50

Dingleberry88 said:
I believe they can.

What about this:

http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=64

thats quite a monster of a case lol.

i think my best bet is to get this: http://www.swiftnets.com/products/H20-220-APEX-plus.asp

any thoughts?

Skeeter · 24 Jan 2008 at 17:50

bimmerboii said:
if i watercool my cpu and graphics card, then i wouldnt need an intake fan anymore would i?

Fan Filter: £2

Watercooling setup: £100+

Ammount of people impressed by your epenis: 1 (you)

Money wasted: £98 + time and effort

All your doing is moving the dust problem from your case fans to your radiator, and spending a fortune in the proccess.

Chimerical · 24 Jan 2008 at 19:29

Skeeter said:
Money wasted: £98 + time and effort

All your doing is moving the dust problem from your case fans to your radiator, and spending a fortune in the proccess.

So true.

Kirth Gersen · 24 Jan 2008 at 20:47

My V1000 is remarkably dust free. I know it's full of holes, but trust me I've had it for a year, and opened it up for a clean the other day, and there was not much to do other than wipe down the fans.

Tomc@T · 24 Jan 2008 at 21:06

samcat said:
P180/P182, sensible choice of fans (NOT the ones that come with it, far too noisy for the silence freaks out there), raise the case at least 1 foot off the floor (bulk of dust is at floor level), hoover the dust filters whenever your hoovering the floor and all stays clean and dust free.

Sam C

I'll second that!!! but add a Zalman MFC1 to control the speed of your choosen fans.

shadowscotland · 24 Jan 2008 at 21:53

no fans = almost no dust.

clean filters every 6 months if that on my passive setup

bimmerboii · 24 Jan 2008 at 22:06

ok thanks for the replies. i guess ill be sticking with my fan filters and just clean it every month

shadowscotland said:
no fans = almost no dust.

clean filters every 6 months if that on my passive setup

problem is my system is powered up 24/7 and dust builds up in just 3 weeks

shadowscotland · 24 Jan 2008 at 22:14

My system is also on 24/7 at 100% load

Not cheap going passive - but the slience is bliss. You could alway cover all your inlets with tights. One of the best dust filters avaliable

see this thread

samcat · 24 Jan 2008 at 22:23

shadowscotland said:
no fans = almost no dust.

clean filters every 6 months if that on my passive setup

3ghz quad and a clocked 8800GTX means thats not an option for me... Near silence is what I have.

I used to use a fan controller, but it was always on 7v.. Since switched to resistors inline to drop to 6.5v, temps are fine and its very very quiet.

Sam C

Psypher5 · 24 Jan 2008 at 22:48

Kirth Gersen said:
My V1000 is remarkably dust free. I know it's full of holes, but trust me I've had it for a year, and opened it up for a clean the other day, and there was not much to do other than wipe down the fans.

seconded, i had a little ball of fluff no bigger than a pea stuck in my northbrudge heatpipe lol

The front fan filter had a nice layer to it though