Cases with mesh fronts better than sound blocking fronts?
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:42 am
It’s been conventional wisdom that sound-blocking front doors (with solid fronts and side inlets) would result in lower sound levels. However, various studies at GamersNexus show that cases with mesh fronts tend to result in reduced temperatures when fans are adjusted for constant noise (36dBA) across all cases. The non-mesh doors require higher fan speeds in order to get the same amount of cooling so that you are better off with a mesh front. 36 dBA is louder than what I’d want for a system, but I think that it’s reasonable to believe that the rankings would largely correlate to lower decibel levels.
FYI: Examples of non-mesh vs mesh
My current system has a 2008’s era Intel dual core CPU in an original version Antec P180 case. I’m looking at building a high end system with an AMD 5950x CPU and 3080 GPU (if I can ever get the parts). It's been a while since I've shopped for a case and I thought that this was interesting.
Source: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3 ... ase-review
FYI: Examples of non-mesh vs mesh
- Fractal Define 7 vs Fractal Meshify 2
- Lian Li Lanncool II vs Lian Li Lanncool II Mesh
My current system has a 2008’s era Intel dual core CPU in an original version Antec P180 case. I’m looking at building a high end system with an AMD 5950x CPU and 3080 GPU (if I can ever get the parts). It's been a while since I've shopped for a case and I thought that this was interesting.
Source: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3 ... ase-review