New Case?

NeverWinter · 5 May 2015 at 10:29

I currently have a Silverstone FT02 on my desk but the 180mm fans in the bottom are just too loud to have them next to my ears. I'm after something spacious and quiet, it needs to be able to fit my Himalaya 2 (170mm), 3 SSDs and 2 HDDs.

I like minimalist design like the FT02 or Antec P280, around £100 any ideas?

NeverWinter · 6 May 2015 at 18:53

I had thought about it and I do like my case, can you recommend any controllers to go with the air penetrators as I'd rather do that than buy a new case.

NeverWinter · 6 May 2015 at 23:20

Yeah but I'd need one for each fan, isn't there a better one that will do all 3?

What about the NZXT Sentry Mesh?

NeverWinter · 7 May 2015 at 09:42

I'm using a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H

NeverWinter · 7 May 2015 at 11:29

All 3 are powered via molex right now and controlled by the built in H/L switch which makes it go from loud to really loud.

NeverWinter · 7 May 2015 at 12:57

I think each AP181 is 5.4W, the Sentry Mesh is 30W/channel. I think this'll be the way forward, but I'll have a look at doing 7v mod this weekend before I throw money at the fan controller. Cheers guys.

NeverWinter · 18 May 2015 at 11:37

7 volt modded the fan splitter, still a little loud during every day use for my liking. Going to get a fan controller I think so I can have them switched off when I don't need them.

NeverWinter · 18 May 2015 at 14:41

I may have a look at that, can't think of the MB pin layout off the top of my head, will have a gander later.