Lusting after a new case, am I mental?

[joebingo]

Hey guys,

I've currently got a really nice case - bitfenix ghost, and it's been serving me pretty well. I think it looks good, cable management and cooling is good and it has a nice host of ports on the front panel.

But I really really want that white Silencio that's on the this week only deal. The only real improvement it would give me is the volume levels. The Ghost is actually pretty loud for a 'silent' case and I record vocals in the same room as my PC so any reduction in noise output is a massive draw but in every other area other than looks the Silencio is less useful. It's so sexy though.

 

[Stuen4y]

Firstly, have you considered completely fanless options if you do sound recording (what do you mean, like music industry vocal recording or?), I mean PSU, CPU, case, VGA, everything? Then OC is limited but if silence is priority number one you can always set up a fanless HTPC in the "studio". Secondly, why don't you change the fans instead of investing in a case. If you buy something very very quiet either with FDB or with a high end maglev bearing that will make inaudible noise and some airflow. Enermax fans are stupidly quiet at low RPM, Nanoxia, Noiseblocker, and Noctua too.