Ehh sorry, aint sacrificing power for noise, im a gamer, need all the CPU cycles that my machine can muster.

That being said, this foam insulation on my drive door seems to be working.

Hmmm thats odd, cause mine don't have them. Antec apparantly changed them.

StarfishChris wrote:Apart from the appeareance, is the dust buildup around the clips a problem? i.e. is it likely to go into the optical drives?

Thats exactly what its doing.

Ewwwww...... its an IBM Deathstar

Yup, the rear fan sucks air up through the XP-120 and blows it out the back. The front fan is supposed to be the only intake--I have it set at 50% and the rear at 30%. I guess it's working, as I have to clean the filter out regularly (I hate shedding season :x ), but I don't know of any way to veri...

Ah I see, hmmm.. that would work though I went and picked up some thin foam weather stripping at Lowes and I think it will do the trick to seal the drive bay area. I'll work on it tonight and post my results later.

Yeah, I thought about cutting an extra breathing hole on the bottom but I really don't wanna start hacking the case away. Im gonna see if I can seal the drive area around the door so air can't enter period. The worklog for "Night Wind" is here if you wanna see more http://www.hardforum.com/showthrea...

Where are you getting dust buildup? Is it behind the bezel between an optical drive and the case near the clips? If so, just tape around the optical drive/case junction to seal it off. I did this with electrical tape, although anything should work. If the Sonata is like my 3000B, that tape will not...

Dangit, im pissed of here. I've recently completed my latest project "Night Wind" on a Antec Sonata. I"ve been very impressed with the quietness of this case and using ideas from these forums and its worked out very well. HOwever, the past week i've noticed a real problem. Even after all the front i...

optical drives can take quit a bit of abuse before they start choking depending on the quality. Plextors can survive a nuclear blast and keep on burning.

Maxtors, the worst drives in the world *lookst a pile of dead Maxtors in back room* and I got the proof to back it up.

Their 12v

thanks. how about the annoyingly bright leds next to the usb ports? can they be replaced as well? There actually not that bright, I believe Antec actually wired up a resistor in later versions of the Sonata to reduce brightness and mine has one. If there that annyoing to you, yes they will require ...

Awesome. Great glossy paint job, I can see your house! Now i feel inspired to do something to my own sonata. For some reason, I cannot load the page at HardForum. What controller thingo is that, in between your optical drives? (and do you like it, or would you get something else?) Its an Aerogate I...

Looks great. For me to poop on!

nice project. my one question is why you would take the time to paint the optical drive faceplates, but leave the tray fronts white?!? i'm guessing you didn't know that those come off very easily: with the pc powered on, eject the tray. the fronts pop up and off. i've done this to several drives wi...

Techno Pride wrote:to replace the power and hdd leds, basically you just pull out the original ones and push new 3mm ones in by hand (fingers)?

Yep, antec cases have been doing that for years, makes it really easy to swap out LED's.

I'd like to thank everyone for their input and ideas for this. For the longest time i've been having to put up with the gawd awful noises from my HDDS for years. I become more and more aware of how freaking noise not only my Western Digitals were by themselves, but also learning how much reverbratio...

Project "Night Wind" is completed. I would personally like to thank the awesome guys at SilentPCReview for making this dream come true. At long last I dont have a farking jumbo jet next to me when im trying to game, play music or surf. Thanks to everyone for their input, suggestions, ideas and previ...

"Night Wind" pulls enough air through the front intake area after extensively modifying it. My HDDs stay cool as does the rest of the system and I got one less fan making noise, it works good.

My twin Seagates are are resting on dual layers of foam on the edges of the drive and no problems so far. Plenty of airflow for them after I did the Sonata intake modifications

With my new case, not a chance. 120mms forever!

Plextors are very quiet drives but expensive. I can hardly hear my 708A in action with the bay door closed. Pricey but you get what you pay for and Plextors are worth every penny IMHO.

Yep, just went and ordered one for $8 at FrozenCPU. *Tosses Vantec in the garbage*

I've went and ordered a Coolermaster UV fan from FrozenCPU to replace this crappy Vantec stealth. There was good feelings and views about it from the forums here, and at $8 a pop, I can't go wrong.

i just got a pair of 120mm coolermaster blue uv's from svc. they're pretty nice fans for the price, but both of mine are identical in terms of sound - a continuous rattling sound (like dragging a twig over the bumps of a corrugated tin shed), can still be heard at from 1 metre away at 5 volts, actu...

How well do the Coolermasters take PWM controllers? I broke my AeroGate II and I was gonna purchase a new black one.

Evening gents, thought i'd post a link to a worklog I have in progress for my newest project: "Night Wind'' Feel free to comment with suggestions, ideas or questions.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=896025

I can get those Coolermaster UV fans for dirtcheap at Frozencpu.com. Think they are alot quieter then this damn Vantec stealth 120mm?

I have already done major intake modifications to my Sonata. Go here for my current worklog.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=890355

I am using a Zalman 7000CU to cool my P4 rig.

Is this coolermaster fan good?
http://www.frozencpu.com/fan-137.html