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  • http://www.nofancomputer.com/eng/products/CS-80.php

    All those vents aren't going to help much.

    You'd be better with a Fractal Define R5 or Antec P180-series, with a couple of large slow fans. These are both heavy-built cases with internal sounds damping and limited noise paths. You should aim to have a single clear airpath from bottom/front to top/rear, with no shortcuts for cold air to leave early or enter late. Have more intake airflow than exhaust to limit dust and fluff.

    5 pages of R5-based build guide:
    http://www.silentpcreview.com/Quiet_ATX_Gamer_R5_Version

  • I'd be interested to measure my machine's db and compare it to the one in your spec. It's hard for me to visualize auralize? the volume difference. Silent is silent though, right? :)

  • Most gamers buying cases like that one won't have a low enough noise floor to tell. It's up to you, but that build guide should have noise measurements you can use to objectively compare. The site might also have a review for the CS80, I haven't checked yet.

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