Spec me some noise dampening, please!

strumpusplunket

strumpusplunket

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I've become completely fed up with the vibrations resonating through my Coolermaster HAF 932.

Things have improved a bit since this thread. Re-running some cables and reseating the side panels several times have taken the irritating noise down from a crescendoing buzz to a lower-level (but still annoying) hum.

I'm waiting on the delivery of a resistor cable to 7V my front case fan (all the rest are set in the BIOS to 6V until my system temp rises to the mid-30s - which never actually happens).

As this is a vibration issue, I've been looking at these Acoutsi rubber fan mounts, and these soft anti-vibration case feet.

I've also looked at, but am not sure about (especially for the price), the Acousti sound-absorbing foam blocks for 3.5" and 5.25" bays, and the 3-layer acoustic sheeting.

If anyone could give me any opinions/experiences of these products and/or any other tips on dampening vibration-induced case noises I'd be most grateful. My fans are nice and quiet, but this humming is ruining my desire for a genuinely quiet PC.
 
I have used the rubber fan mounts on 2 PC's and was impressed with them tbh for the price. I was not impressed with my Akasa Paxmate matting which did not make much difference if any.
 
I use the fan mounts and the foam blocks in my case, they definately make a difference, and I used the sheeting on my previous case and it worked a charm. I wouldnt bother with the case feet myself because once everything else is dampened down you shouldnt be transfering much noise through the case.

Hawker
 
Thanks for the replies.

Glad to hear the fan mounts work well. I'll grab myself of them right now. A shame I can't use them on my front case fan (I don't think) because of limited access, but shold still be a good investment by the sounds of it.

Will get a pack of the foam blocks too, now.

Regarding the sheeting: does it have to be applied to the whole of the side panels? This will be a problem with the HAF, because I think I'll only be able to stick it to about a third of the total surface area of the left-hand panel, and perhaps half of the right-hand one. Any idea if it would be effective in those circumstances?
 
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