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Advantages: Spacious, very cool, excellent quality Disadvantages: No decoupled HD mounts
I built a PC in one of these cases over a year ago and can share some thoughts with you.
** My goal, a quiet PC **
I hate noisy PCs I really do, a PC to me should be as quiet as possible.
I wanted a big case that would let me build a quiet PC, so one with good airflow and large 120 fans. This one comes with three and before you get too excited, three fans = vibration and therefore noise. My solution was to put the fans on rubber mounts which helped. ... ...and that helped reduce the hum to a minimum.
However the PC has one design flaw, the hard drives don't have rubber mounts like you find in say Dells, so all that vibration transfers directly to the case making a lot of noise. The solution of course would be mount the HD in a 5" drive bay rubberized mount, but I didn't bother with that.
It turns out that I could turn off one120mm fan which was inline with the CPU cooler (in my case a Zalman). The ...
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Being a key player in a constantly changing market not only requires vision, dedication and ambition, but also an understanding of, and ability to meet, the demands of today's global customer. For many years now, Gigabyte Technology has risen to this challenge and surpassed all expectations. PRODUCT FEATURES: Aluminum body, high-end futuristic design; Comes fully - equipped, supports all liquid cooling system; Three ultra quiet 120mm illuminated fans, built-in Blue LED illuminated front fan with 3-way intake; Enhanced rear plate with Nickel coating; Dual security locks (front & side panel), protect computer system data.
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