Cooler Master HAF 922 Case

[ground_guru]

Hope this is the right sub forum.

Anyway looking for a Mid Size Tower for a new build and eyeing over the CM HAF 922. It has a few features I am looking for mostly USB 3, and eSATA on the front panel. All that at a decent price of $100.

Reviews are positive except for one common complaint; noisy fans. Some comments say something like; "sounds like a vacuum cleaner"

So owners what do you say?

What other manufacture and models have the front panel feature I am looking for?

 

[galactigus]

Ya I own it and the fans are pretty loud I suggest replacing them or going with another case also I've learned my lesson I won't go with another case that doesn't have rubber grommets and a window it's just so much nicer.
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/8rnnTW
I even did replace the front 200mm fan and it seems it didn't help at all idk why this things so loud. I recommend nexus and gelid if you want quiet.
Note that I don't have a fan controller and only can control about 2 fans with my windows software might have helped to get a mobo with 4 pin headers maybe some y splitter fan cables I solved this in my new build made sure I got what i needed to keep things quiet.

 

[httpinternet]

I have HAF 922 for the last 4 or 5 years. Fans are very silent, but overall desktop computer is loud. Why is that the case? Because noise generated by mine stock GPU and stock CPU coolers is loud, and it goes through HAFs fans and dotted mesh. I think that average enclosed case is quieter because it has solid sides (not ones with dots or fans) and they lower the noise.

Also, name of the case is High AirFlow, so you are sacrificing noise to gain lower temperatures.