Yep its confirmed, a BLACK P150

Yewen said:
Yeh it is what I have heard from a couple of people via msn, and they are the only two on msn with the case, both know what they are doing aswell.

Think it would only be a issue with continual system builds though, but I still consider it a not so good case because of the two factors.

For me personally, I am in and out of my PC every other month changing lots of things, so it would be a HUGE issue for me.

If you just put 1 or 2 systems into it during its life, I would not even consider it a problem.
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Any idea which screws were dethreading?
 
No idea which ones were mate, I will ask next time I speak to them.

Cases do not make *that* much of a difference towards total noise, a noisey graphics card fan in a case, will be a noisey graphics card fan in a quiet case.

Also, WJA96 made a comparrisson between this case and a Eclipse, and found the Eclipse to be quieter with identical systems in.

Little features like the hard drive mounting are nice, but if its a noisey drive, it is a noisey drive.

But cases are a personal thing, but all I am saying is a 30db total PC will be 30db in any case, as long as the case does not add to the noise, it makes little difference.

Fans and fan grills, yes it makes a difference, as can panel thickness, but not that much when you are going for silent, only in the loud systems do you notice a difference between cases, in my experience of them.

The stacker has probably the most potential for being a silent SLI case, just outfit the case full of 120mm super low noise 5v fans and it should cool anything overclocked silently.

I am surprised your not getting a stacker though noni.
 
Well airflow is pretty critical in a case, and some cases are definately better than others for ariflow. Plus if you get a load of silent features for free then its obviously better value and saves a lot of effort than doing all those mods yourself. Better cooling mean you need less fans which mean less noise.
 
Depends greatly on the style of case, as more fans and more airflow does not mean a better cooling case.

I am a big beleiver in refined cooling systems, high non load temps, but very little fluctuation when it goes to full load.
 
Yewen said:
Depends greatly on the style of case, as more fans and more airflow does not mean a better cooling case.

I am a big beleiver in refined cooling systems, high non load temps, but very little fluctuation when it goes to full load.
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I would have though better airflow = less fans, not more of them. Or in the case of the ultimate airflow, passive cooling.
 
airflow = more air flowing.

You are talking about refined cooling, the S80 looks to be the super case for this.

First ever proper purpose built low noise aluminium case!
 
Yewen said:
airflow = more air flowing.

You are talking about refined cooling, the S80 looks to be the super case for this.

First ever proper purpose built low noise aluminium case!
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Can mean two things.

1. A flow of air.
2. The motion of air currents around an object as it moves through the air, especially the motion of air about a moving airplane.
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...or as it applies to a PC case. How air moves in a case. Not just the volume of air. If you have good airflow you need less volume of air.
 
I will agree with everything there, but when airflow is mentioned usually people just go for more is better; why I have taken to using the old marketing speil of Refined Cooling Solution to refer to low air volume cooling solutions.

Aluminium does not stop as much noise, yes, but a coke can case stops even less, and it is usually made out of coke cans, and other junk they just shove onto it.

Add in layers of padding to a aluminium case and they can be just as good, just none of the silly acoustipac stuff, its only good in such rare instances I really think it is a gimmic.
 
Yewen said:
No idea which ones were mate, I will ask next time I speak to them.
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That would be grand. Took delivery of mine on Thursday but unfortunately it's going back due to missing bits and a bent panel, but would be useful to know what to look out for.
 
Looks good I was almost tempted to go with the P150 with those drive mountings...

but im happy I went eclipse 62, just gotta pick the right parts ie a scythe ninja+120 silent fan and scythe hdd silent box.

But yeah its true can still hear more noise from a alu case then a solid heavy steel case those tend to block and cancel more noise, ive always pondered if Antec P180s noise cancelation on there case even works...

Will we ever find an Eclipse 62 killer? :p
 
It is called the PC7 :p

Well unless there is a eclipse with a alu front, then, well there will have to be one amazing case released to better it at the money.

I still think of it as a Savrow though!
 
HighlandeR said:
Looks good I was almost tempted to go with the P150 with those drive mountings...

but im happy I went eclipse 62, just gotta pick the right parts ie a scythe ninja+120 silent fan and scythe hdd silent box.

But yeah its true can still hear more noise from a alu case then a solid heavy steel case those tend to block and cancel more noise, ive always pondered if Antec P180s noise cancelation on there case even works...

Will we ever find an Eclipse 62 killer? :p
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Wow thats at least another £60 on top?

IMO, the eclipse is the best at its class, a large miditower. Unfortunatly, there is not much to contest it.
 
Noni said:
Yep, IMO it looks a lot better, and more importantly its quiet.

The rubber band HD suspension is also a plus.
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I can't really comment on the noise of it as my PC7 has watercooling inside, and the HD suspension can be made with 2 elastic bands which probably won't even cost 1 pence.

HighlandeR said:
Will we ever find an Eclipse 62 killer? :p
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I wish someone would kill the Eclipse 62, might make it look nicer:o
 
Noni said:
Wow thats at least another £60 on top?

IMO, the eclipse is the best at its class, a large miditower. Unfortunatly, there is not much to contest it.
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You would have to fit a silent heatsink and fan combo in the p150 to make it quiet so I do not see what you are getting at, a enclosure would be 1000000x better than some rubber screw mounts....

The mounts will only stop little vibrations, not any big ones, and they will not stop access and seeking noise the drive will make.

So really p150 + £60 aswell.
 
Yewen said:
You would have to fit a silent heatsink and fan combo in the p150 to make it quiet so I do not see what you are getting at, a enclosure would be 1000000x better than some rubber screw mounts....

The mounts will only stop little vibrations, not any big ones, and they will not stop access and seeking noise the drive will make.

So really p150 + £60 aswell.
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Rubber screw mounts? huh?

Im talking about the rubber band system. This means ZERO RESONATION, which is a problem with the eclipse. Obviously you need a silent heatsink and fan combo, you will need one in any silent system.

Yes, hardrive noise can be reduced with an enclosure, but they are very expensive (£30 minimum).

And what is your solution to multiple HD's?

A friend just bought a silentmaxx HD enclosure for his MAXTOR HD and installed it, I must say I was very impressed with the seek noise that was cut off, but the normal mode sounded the same.

This put me off buying it, as the seek noise on my maxtor is loud, but not worth £38.

Some sound proofing around the hardrive on a p150 with cleverly placed fans will produce a silimilar effect. for much cheaper might I add.
 
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