RE: Quiet PC Cases

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

That's exactly what I have.

Pros:
Looks!
VFD (optional extra and is a little small)
Internal space (lots of room for cards and drives)

Cons:
Cost (It is very expensive for a case)
IR (I got this and have never managed to set it up)
Size (unfortunately it is not a tardis, so big internal size does result
in large exterior)
Instructions (None are supplied and very little help available for
things like IR and VFD)
Build quality (the front facia is nice thick aluminium, but internally
the quality is nothing like other expensive cases. I had to drill out
one of the screws to open the case as it was jammed and so soft the head
stripped off easily with my screw driver, I replaced all screws with
better quality ones and now it is fine)

All in all I am happy with it because of the look of the front facia but
I don't think it is worth the money and remember that even though it
comes from QuietPC, it has absolutely no sound damping. The only
advantage it has in the sound stakes is that it has room for fitting
other things like hard disk enclosures and large (quieter) fans and
heatsinks.

HTH

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Brazier [mailto:simon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 July 2003 17:06
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Quiet PC Cases


All this talk about media PCs for the living room and the noise they
generate has pretty much tied in with what I've found while trying to
build a media center PC myself.

I have found   http://www.quietpc.com/uk/cases.php
  on the net though,
and wondered if anyone has actually got one, or used one, and has any
experience on the sort of noise it generates ?

(I'm on about the Accent Home Theatre PC Case, not the other one on the
page)

Anyone any comments ?





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