Thermaltake VI-ON: my P150 would like the white one...

_MarcoM_ · Post by **_MarcoM_** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:24 pm

Hi all, look this piece of hardware:
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Products.aspx?S=1307
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.a ... 07&ID=1815

Fan Speed : 1000 ~ 4800 RPM (thermally controlled)
Rated Voltage: 12 VDC
Fan Noise : 27 dBA @ Max

I would like to hear it at minimum...

kel · Post by **kel** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:12 pm

ohoh...thermaltake is at it again...lets see...

- all those venting holes are going to make this one noisy enclosure and that's just drive noise...
- that fan is going to be a screamer...4800rpm? it's prolly going to squeal like a pig at full speed and probably whine even at low speed...
- the top/bottom (well the non perforated bits I mean) look suspiciously like they might be plastic and looking at it they might not even touch the drive: i.e. they won't really conduct heat away, hence the need for all those grilles and the venting...

Thermaltake isn't exactly known for quiet products and this doesn't look any different...to me these enclosures look:
- bulky
- very noisy
- probably don't even provide better cooling than one of the common alu enclosures

In short this looks like another desing cooked up by the marketing department...I invite you to prove me wrong, but I take any hardware from thermaltake (and esp. their marketing statements) with a very large grain of salt...