Silent Case for NAS/Server system

archerz · 9 Sep 2013 at 15:42

Hi all, im back to get some guidance on purchasing a silent/very quiet case for my NAS/Server system.

It currently resides in one of my back bedrooms but as i live in a quiet area (no road noise, hardly anything to be honest) i can hear the vibration/noise of the system in through the walls when trying to sleep

currently the server is in an old case, non branded. the HDDs are mounted in a metal chassis which has small rubber gromits to hold the HDDs but there is no sound deadening and currently only PSU and heatsink fan.

So it needs to fit an ATX motherboard which is running my q9550 and room for at least 5 HDDs. i will most likely be looking for a silent PSU cooler but for now just the case !

thanks,

Edit: budget max £100 but would prefer nearer £50
2nd Edit: I also have a Bitfenix Shinobi for my gaming system. Would it be worth buying a silence kit for that and get a new case for gaming?

archerz · 10 Sep 2013 at 15:27

no one?

Unicorn · 10 Sep 2013 at 16:15

Shinobi would be quite silent with a silencing kit, low rpm fans and perhaps a passive psu or a good psu which only spins up on high load? So when its not in use much at night it is pure silence

archerz · 10 Sep 2013 at 19:25

ordered the silencing kit so will have to transfer everything across and hopefully will be quiet enough.

now just need a suitable case for my gaming pc.

Makhaira · 10 Sep 2013 at 20:37

Bungee mod the hard drives, that will help a lot

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sastusbulbas · 10 Sep 2013 at 21:46

I would have thought Fractal may have had something suitable, or Antec maybe?

unleashed · 12 Sep 2013 at 06:26

Makhaira said:
Bungee mod the hard drives, that will help a lot .

+1
I have a server box and and the noise I could hear most was the hard disk drives (5 WD greens). The bungee mod worked a treat for me.

archerz · 12 Sep 2013 at 18:20

not enough room i dont think