Mission - QUIET MINI PC!

[Sprawlie]

So, as I get older, I've decided to downgrade the size and noise levels of my gaming computer. No longer is it acceptible to have a computer that I can hear echo throughout the house.

 

So, your mission should you choose to accept it:

 

Find me a great, quiet, smaller PC Case. I've never actually looked at small and quiet cases before and I have no experience in what to look for and what is currently in fashion (I'm still using a 7 year old 3500w fractal design tower thats extremely loud)

 

Here's the requirements:

MINI or Micro-ATX.

Can fit a H105 cooler (Open to move to air cooler if you want to recommend one)

Space for 2x 2.5" SSDs

QUIET

 

Recommendations are welcome. Thank you folks!

[Firewrath9]

corsair air 240 and get noctua fans for quiteness.

[Guest]

What's you budget for a case? That could change the conversation a lot.

Also going to tag in @TVwazhere aka #CaseDaddy

[Sprawlie]

i'm flexible on the Budget. Whatever case will also determine what motherboard I end up getting. 

 

I'd like to keep the case cost less than $150 Canadian if possible.

 

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, Sprawlie said:

I'd like to keep the case cost less than $150 Canadian if possible.

For mITX

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/7d98TW/fractal-design-case-fdcadefnanosbk

 

For mATX

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/vBTrxr/fractal-design-define-mini-c-microatx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-mini-c-bk

 

Both cases feature sound dampening foam to help reduce noise. They also come win windowed version. The mITX is only acrylic, the Define Mini C has an acrylic window and a Tempered glass version.

[Stefan Payne]

4 hours ago, Sprawlie said:

Find me a great, quiet, smaller PC Case. I've never actually looked at small and quiet cases before and I have no experience in what to look for and what is currently in fashion

What do you want it to do?

Is it for an Office PC?
What is the Hardware inside?

You can do something nice but you do have some constraints like no overclocking and not all CPUs do make sense or work.

 

But to be honest:
I'd throw away the Water Cooler...

 

As for myself:
I have a Silverstone RVZ-01 with a Ryzen 7/1700x and a Powercolor RX480 Red Devil. That needs some work and optimization with the Fan Curve as the GPU gets rather hot and loud. CPU stays rather cool and the CPU Fan doesn't rev up that much.

 

The other one is an Antec ISK110 with an MSI H81I and an i3-4150 a random Heatsink that I've modded with another (smaller) Fan that I've got out of a PSU. And that is OKish. Though the Heatsink will be replaced with a Noctua L9i, once it arrives of course...

That one is actually rather quiet and what you are looking for.

 

The other one not necessarily...

[Sprawlie]

14 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

What do you want it to do?

Is it for an Office PC?
What is the Hardware inside?

You can do something nice but you do have some constraints like no overclocking and not all CPUs do make sense or work.

 

But to be honest:
I'd throw away the Water Cooler...

 

As for myself:
I have a Silverstone RVZ-01 with a Ryzen 7/1700x and a Powercolor RX480 Red Devil. That needs some work and optimization with the Fan Curve as the GPU gets rather hot and loud. CPU stays rather cool and the CPU Fan doesn't rev up that much.

 

The other one is an Antec ISK110 with an MSI H81I and an i3-4150 a random Heatsink that I've modded with another (smaller) Fan that I've got out of a PSU. And that is OKish. Though the Heatsink will be replaced with a Noctua L9i, once it arrives of course...

That one is actually rather quiet and what you are looking for.

 

The other one not necessarily...

Hi Stefan,

 

Current build is a R7-1700, 16gb 3200mhz. it's my gaming PC. GPU is a 1070

 

throwing away the water cooler is an option. I