Silent case: Silencio 352, Corsair 100R, Antec P100 or Fractal Design R5

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So, I need a quiet case. I plan to use only i5-6500 but later buy some Nvidia GPU (because of the less wattage requirements). First two are 35% cheaper than P100 or R5 but I wonder is R5 really, really that good for noise isolation? I don't plan on using water cooling, which R5 emphases, so I only case on noise dampening material.

Cooler Master Silencio 352 doesn't have noise dampening material on top, and current favorite is Corsair Carbide 100R because it is cheap and has noise dampening material on top.

I plan only to use front and back fans, so I don't need more than 3 fans which all cases provide.

This is only the question are P100 (which I don't like because it doesn't have removable middle HDD cage) or R5 (which is absolutely best) worth for me to spend 45 Euros more because I think noise dampening material is relatively the same on all of them.

 

[k1114]

I'm not sure about the material but the effectiveness is different. I couldn't find a direct comparison but the define s was 10db quieter and 5C cooler than the 100r. The 100r also has no front air filter. The r4 is a bit cheaper than the r5.

 

[Mike Prior]

Put together a system for a friend using the Antec P100 with the supplied fans, a quality p.s.u. and cpu air cooler. Amazingly quiet and easy to work on. Would really recommend spending the extra on it. Also has easy to remove filters.

 

[synphul]

I would pick the case you like the best. The fractal cases are definitely nice, nicer than the antec p100. Much of how quiet your case is comes down to fans and fan control, quality fans can keep even an open case quiet when using speed control measures. My enthoo pro is about as open air 'non silent' as you can get. Open vents in the front, top, back, bottom and a large side panel window with no noise dampening material. 3x 140mm fans and a 200mm fan all speed controlled and you can barely hear the soft airflow.

 

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I bought Silencio 352. It as very good build quality, but sound dampening material is questionable. Is is really thin, and it is not places on bottom on top inside the case. Price difference between R5 and Silencio 352 I used to buy Arctic Cooling i32, and overall I am really happy with that fan.