Thermaltake VB1000SWS Soprano noise/efficiency?

Kabaala · 21 Aug 2006 at 14:20

Waiting for mine to arrive tomorrow. Whats the noise level of this case and the cooling efficiency like and should i think about replacing the stock fans? My other PC is housed in a crappy (has a cheap and nasty feel to it) Antec SLK3000B, i have 1 nexus 120mm in the front and another in the rear and it can be quite loud at times, although more from a combination of all the fans in the PC rather than just the intake and outtake ones. I'm hoping my new rig will be a bit quieter in the Soprano case. Anyone have any Views on the soprano?

Cheers,
Kabaala.

Kabaala · 21 Aug 2006 at 23:46

none of you had experience with this case then? I'm too much of the inquisitive chap

Mul · 22 Aug 2006 at 09:15

I used a Soprano for a year until sunday, when I switched to an Antec Sonata II (Guess I'm going the other way round ay?

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I felt the system cooled well, and the noise was tolerable. Each fan is rated at 21dBA but when all are on together it feels a bit louder. It blends fairly well with the rest of the internal component noises though.
When I switched over to my Sonata II, I found that the temperatures were the same, and that was with one rear 120mm exhaust, against the 2 x 120mm fans and 92mm fan on the Soprano. It's also incredibly quiet and the build quality is considerably better.

On the whole, I'd say the soprano is rather good for cooling. My CPU did hit 3.0GHz in it.

Mul