Hello Mike,
Excellent review but I do have a couple of questions.
MikeC wrote:It was a 10 dBA difference (between peaks), and the P180 was obviously the quieter one. In defense of the SLK3000B, that was a pretty tough comparison, but I think few cases would fare any better.
You see, the P180 is a bit too big and pricey for my taste.
I was previously considering the SLK3000B. However, the comparison between the cases, especially
page 10, seems to suggest that, while the P180 is quiet, the SLK3000B is not.
So, my question is, are there cases out there with good thermal and acoustic characteristics or is the P180 the only game in town?
MikeC wrote:This is why I am such an advocate of decoupled HDD mounting. If that Raptor had been elastic-suspended in the SLK, it would have been much closer to the P180. (But the side panels needed some damping, too, around where they fit against the chassis to reduce some of the vibes.)
What other cases support such decoupled muonting in a reasonable straightforward way (read: even if I got two left hands)?
Please suggest what cases can be considered (and available in Canada).
The configuration that I have in mind is a SeaSonic S12-500, DFI LanParty Ultra-D, ATI X800XL, a couple of hard drives, a couple of optical drives, and various odds and ends.
Thank you,
Alex.