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I hated this case when I first received it - thought it felt cheap (well it was £45!) and the panels were flexible and rattly.
After a bit of modification however, I am now pleased with the result and everything is extremely quiet. It's not the most beautiful build in the world but I'm happy and that's all that counts
Mods:
This is my first case upgrade since I purchased a Coolermaster ATC100 way back in 2001
Cheers!
After a bit of modification however, I am now pleased with the result and everything is extremely quiet. It's not the most beautiful build in the world but I'm happy and that's all that counts
Mods:
- The stock fans, although cheap to buy, push a ton of air and can be very quiet. However, the front 140mm fan had a bit of bearing noise going on so it was replaced with a Prolimatek.
- Front air intake was 50% blocked by the design on the front cover. Chopped it out with a jigsaw, removed the foam filter, and re-purposed the filter from the top to provide extra dust filtering.
- Blocked top fan vent to contain noise and allow more control over airflow.
- Lower HDD cage is riveted and provides paths for vibration to get into the rest of the case. Drilled out rivets, moved cage and re-attached using.....4 x silicon fan mount pins!
This also created access to the front fan mounts to fit silicon pins - Fitted silicon pins on the rear fan (I love silicon pins!)
- Put dampening matting on all rattly panels, and some on HDD cage for good measure
- Fitted chunky rubber feet to provide better PSU airflow, and sad I know, but I think they look good too
- Make a custom fan controller panel with font USB3 ports - the case only comes with USB2
- PSU and cabling is rather old so I used braided sleeving and self-amalgmating tape to hide the red and yellow mess
To-do - Replace window with a non-vented one to contain noise, control airflow, improve appearance, Etc.....
This is my first case upgrade since I purchased a Coolermaster ATC100 way back in 2001
Cheers!
