Need help choosing a case.

[TylerDurden]

Well I'm leaving for college soon and I'm looking to build a computer that is silent enough to run all the time (considering a sleeping roommate). I'm looking at the "silent" Lian-Li cases (6070 and 1100 series) and I especially like the two 120mm fans in the 1100 series. I have heard that aluminum vibrates more than a steel case.... Any help in making a decision would be greatly appreciated.

I'm most likely going to be running something like:

Intel p4 2.8c
74gb raptor + 120 gb seagate
1gb pc3200
Asus Board, 2 cd drives

My only other requirement besides silence is that the case have a door (too lazy to stealth drives).

Thanks!

 

[TFR]

Don't think you can go wrong with either, though if I had to choose, I'd go for the 1100. I like the Apple G5-like compartments for the HDDs and psu. But I'm not into really big cases, so I would probably take a look at the Antec Super Lanboy. It doesn't look as classy as the Lian Li's, but it's smaller, runs 120mm fans, and has a door. Whether aluminum buzzes more than steel or not is a mute point since one can easily find rubber grommets/washers to insulate fans and reduce noise. I think most of your noise will be coming from the Raptor drive anyways. Also, don't overlook the PSU and HSF as they can contribute significant noise as well.

-TFR

 

[TylerDurden]

thanks! anyone else have a suggestion? as for the power supply i was looking at the coolmax fanless power supply and probably some sort of heat pipe heatsink