Impact of TG on Define Mini C

Enclosures and acoustic damping to help quiet them.

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gordinho
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Impact of TG on Define Mini C

Post by gordinho » Mon Nov 19, 2018 8:38 am

Hi, I'm building a small entry level machine learning rig and I'd like to minimize the noise. I was initially looking into the meshify for airflow but realized that it has no noise dampening materials. Then I became interested in the Define Mini C that is my current favourite. Has anyone compared the glass sides to the full enclosed version? I would expect it to be a bit more noisy but I have not found opinions or quantified evidence. I personally don't care about the glass side but it would be easier for me to resell - it's the new trend! - if I do have to move up to ATX size in the future (depends how things go with ML). The non glass ones are actually harder to find nowadays, at least in Canada.

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Re: Impact of TG on Define Mini C

Post by CA_Steve » Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:17 am

Welcome to SPCR.

A few years back, a glass sided R5 and a solid door R5 configured by Puget Systems was tested in an anechoic chamber with an awesome noise floor by a third party tester. The results were similar with only 0.6dB difference at high load.

Mini C is of a similar build quality, so it should be fine.

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Re: Impact of TG on Define Mini C

Post by gordinho » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:44 pm

Thanks! Now to decide whether I want to pay much more for the glass version...

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