Dampning Antec Sonata

cdvp75 · Post by **cdvp75** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 8:04 am

I´m thinking about buying the Antec Sonata but I have one question:
As the Antec Sonata has a riveted side panel I imagine that its a tricky business to install dampning material. Am I right or is it easy enough?

monkiman · Post by **monkiman** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:36 am

Check out this thread -

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=4245

Mr_Smartepants has done some pretty exhaustive work on the subject. Good luck with your project!

cdvp75 · Post by **cdvp75** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:37 am

Well that is for sure. But is it possible to dampen the front, that is the 5 1/4" panels? Or will the material make closing the fromt panel impossible?

monkiman · Post by **monkiman** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 11:08 am

It's possible - see the "Reykjavík DIY Quiet PC" article in the 'Systems' section. He has a Zalman ZM-MFC1 fan controller in there (sticky out knobs) and still fit some dampener in there.

starsky · Post by **starsky** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:17 pm

I have a Sonata (loaded with stuff), and I don't need damping. The only noise I have that I can hear is the PSU.

IF you have a good CPU fan (eg panaflo) then all is sweet and silent.

Note: When I turn my PC on it is almost completely silent. after about 10 minutes the PSU fan speeds up (heat) and is audible, from 1m. I am hoping to try my silenx (of it ever arrives) and failing that as a solution I will mod the Sonata stock PSU with a panaflo M series (with RPM monitoring)