you would have to determine what exactly is making the noise.Did I just get a faulty case?
Hmm, the thing is I did send the case back to Microcenter. The guys there said they didn't really hear the vibrating noise. So I don'tyou would have to determine what exactly is making the noise.
a loosely attached fan, a damaged or faulty fan, something rubbing on a fan blade?
a loose screw in the case itself, drive brackets, attached drives, or another component?
a loose motherboard standoff?
could be a case rivet or a front panel attachment that isn't seated properly.
if it is a fan making the noise, that's not a faulty case, just a faulty fan.
Fractal Design usually has very good customer support, they would more than likely send a replacement fan pretty quickly\easily.
So would it be a good idea to just replace the 140mm front fans?The case doesn't have moving parts apart from the fans, so its likely one of them. NO fancy front door like the new ones, shame about that.
I Have an Meshify S2, but I moved front fans to top and put AIO in where fans were. I have plans to replace top ones with Noctua fans one day. Not as much of a priority for me as I am heading towards winter here.
Hmm, I'll try to determine what is making the noise. Oddly, if I increase the speed of the case fans, it doesn't change; the humming is still there.you would have to determine what exactly is making the noise.
a loosely attached fan, a damaged or faulty fan, something rubbing on a fan blade?
a loose screw in the case itself, drive brackets, attached drives, or another component?
a loose motherboard standoff?
could be a case rivet or a front panel attachment that isn't seated properly.
if it is a fan making the noise, that's not a faulty case, just a faulty fan.
Fractal Design usually has very good customer support, they would more than likely send a replacement fan pretty quickly\easily.
Could replacing the standard fans with Noctua fans stop the vibrating perhaps?The case doesn't have moving parts apart from the fans, so its likely one of them. NO fancy front door like the new ones, shame about that.
I Have an Meshify S2, but I moved front fans to top and put AIO in where fans were. I have plans to replace top ones with Noctua fans one day. Not as much of a priority for me as I am heading towards winter here.
No HDD in this build.If you have a HDD, sometimes they can vibrate the frame if not properly isolated with rubber mounts, and that can cause joining surfaces to create noise.
You can check that by flexing one corner of the case while holding the opposite corner. It's most evident with cases that have a snap-in front cover that's a fraction of a millimeter loose or gapped between the frame and cover. Just picking up the case and moving it can change the orientation enough that it's not surprising the guys at Microcenter didn't hear it, as the pc would be sitting on a rubber workmat of some sort.