Quiet a Antec 300

[Hefemeister]

Any tips to quiet a antec 300? I picked up this case to put my old machine in so I can get my case ready for a new build. I have the fans on low and while it does not bother me it drives my wife crazy. Any advice would be appreciated to maintain my marital bliss (oxymoron).

 

[zedman3d]

Only really two things i could think of possibly doing:

- Get some noise canceling foam and double-sided-tape it to the case along the inside everywhere,
- Buy some low dba fans and swap em out over the antec ones.

 

[kmote]

The foam will have a sticky side and can simply be stuck straight onto the panels. You could use a fan controller to turn those fans down but the best solution is probably just to remove any front fans.

 

[Nukem]

As stated above... I used something like this in a build once, and it took it down to almost zero noise with all my fans on max speed. I bought 3 (I think) and then just started placing it just about anywhere I could find a hole...

Noise dampening material

 

[Hefemeister]

thanks for the advice. I will try some of the foam and removing some fans while keeping an eye on the cpu and gpu temps.

 

[philbar71]

get a good fan controller and some good low DB fans also get that noise dampening stuff then you will be silent.