PSU and non-vibration feet/ spacers

[AnOniM]

Hi guys,

I just got all the pieces of my new gaming rig together, including the case - a Zalman Z11 Plus and as I was getting everything ready and inspecting the parts, I noticed that my Zalman Z11 Plus case only came with 2 non-vibration feet (set diagonally, on 2 of the 4 risers for the PSU).

Now, my question is this - should I RMA the case? is this a serious issue down the road and can it cause unwanted noise and possibly damage my PSU or am I just over-reacting here?

It would be a pain in the ass to return the case so obviously, if this is not a big deal, I would like to keep the case.

Here's a pic showing how it should look/ note that the Zalman Z11 Plus should come with 4 non-vibration rubber feet for the PSU to rest on but mine only has 2

 

[faalin]

by the time you screw the PSU into the back of the case it wont move around, so resting on the two opposite pads will be fine

 

[oczdude8]

yes and its likely all the cases come with that to save costs.... these anti-vibration pads are really unnecessary for modern psu's.

 

[AnOniM]

Yeah, I'll prolly move ahead with using it but I think it was an oversight, not something to cut costs..We're talking about 2 small rubber legs, not a steel panel or something. All the ones I saw online had 4 rubber legs to hold the PSU so I don't know..

As a side question - considering the size of the "grill" for the PSU - do you guys reckon I should point the fan up (pulling air from the case) or is it still better to point it down and hope for the best?

 

[oczdude8]

Should be fine point downwards