Sound Proofing

Willbo · 30 Jan 2008 at 22:47

I've got the Akasa Eclipse case, and I'm looking to make it quieter.

is there any good sound proofing materials that I could buy to line the removable top and side panels to keep noise in?

Brizzles · 30 Jan 2008 at 23:03

What fans are you using ?

Its a lot easier to get quiet but good fans than start lining your case with loft insulation !!

Mark

SGWills · 30 Jan 2008 at 23:12

i find the bay covers and the door make the most noise (obviously no door noise on the eclipse)

blu tac on the corners of the side panels helps to stop the rattling if they do, 7v mod the fans if they too loud and bungee mod the hard drives helps aswel

Willbo · 30 Jan 2008 at 23:15

mrdbristol said:
What fans are you using ?

Its a lot easier to get quiet but good fans than start lining your case with loft insulation !!

Mark

I'm not sure, think they're the standard fitted fans. I've been looking at the Noctua NF-S12 800 RPM 120mm Quiet Case Fan's which is 35CFM and 8dBa

manoz · 30 Jan 2008 at 23:25

Also I found that having silicon mounts helps in reducing fan vibration noise, I moved away from the eclipse cos the HDD system wasn't very good imo, ace case to work with though

romperstomper · 30 Jan 2008 at 23:26

Willbo said:
I've got the Akasa Eclipse case, and I'm looking to make it quieter.

is there any good sound proofing materials that I could buy to line the removable top and side panels to keep noise in?

you can buy just such items ,search for quite in google

They are called AcoustiPack Standard Acoustic Material Kit or
pc sound proofing kits !

Sgt_Pepper · 31 Jan 2008 at 17:24

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-006-AK&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=

I use this, you get two large sheets for the sides and two smaller ones for the top and bottom, i only bought it because it looks good on the floor of the akasa eclipse case.

a few people in here use it too
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17671494&page=22

HighlandeR · 1 Feb 2008 at 12:56

Yeap akasa sound proofing material looks good, gonna line my case with the stuff in my next build. The notuncas 120 case fans are pretty good also nice and silent.

I think the akasa has a sound matt also the one on ocuk, which is pretty good cos ive been using a fluffy pillow to absort any pc noise/vibrations... but that sounds a lot better.