Making a kandalf lcs case quieter

Drunkenmassacre · 4 Apr 2010 at 14:48

Ok, I dont have a great budget. In fact I have next to no budget. Just wondering how I can make my case quieter easier. I have made no modifications to it yet, but would be willing to try.

Any ideas?

mod1fied · 4 Apr 2010 at 14:54

If the hdd's are hard mounted to the caddy which are in the dvd bays, I would suggest bungy cording them to reduce vibration to the case - I expect this is where most of the noise is from. Im not sure which water pump the LCS uses but that could be a source of noise - not really sure what you can do here.

Only other thing is replacing fans - but this requires money

Drunkenmassacre · 4 Apr 2010 at 15:12

i've read that having the pump screwed directly to the bottom of the case can cause quite a bit of noise, what could i do to mask that?

I have an old antec case, couldnt tell you the model only that its a big white thing with rubber bungies for the hdd's. could i just move them across?

chipps101 · 4 Apr 2010 at 18:03

you could try rubber washers between the pump and the case and that should reduce vibrations from it.

EsaT · 4 Apr 2010 at 18:08

gv_of_e said:
Any ideas?

Throw it into closet because its front is acoustically completely leaky.

Besides trying to stop vibrations with mass damping+soft mounting and decreasing cooling performance (that's what decreasing fan speed does) that's the only way.

Drunkenmassacre · 4 Apr 2010 at 18:39

to the point EsaT! thanks for the reply, thought i'd have a go though.