Quietest: Swiftech Q-Power or Antec Sonata?
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 7:15 pm
I'm currently running the following rig:
Super Micro X5DAL-G motherboard
Dual 2.66ghz Xeons
2 gigs DDR 266mhz ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
Two SCSI Seagate Cheetah drives (18 gigs, 15000RPM) in striping RAID
Adaptec 29320-R SCSI card
Two IDE WD 60 gig 7200rpm drives (hopefully to be in mirroring software raid)
Now, I know quiet is gonna be a relative term. But...
Should I go wtih the Q-Power case (that way I could use liquid cooling for the processors and vid card) or go with the Antec? Which will be quiter? Price is of no object...
ATM the SCSI drives make a HUGE amount of noise (vibration). No matter which case I get I'll be suspending them on elastic. Should I get the Antec so that the drives aren't as audbiel? Or will the Q-power be qutier because of the lack of fans on the vid card and Xeons?
All help DEFINITELY appreciated (and if there is another case thats better than either plz lemme know)
Thankyou,
Parker
Super Micro X5DAL-G motherboard
Dual 2.66ghz Xeons
2 gigs DDR 266mhz ram
Radeon 9700 Pro
Two SCSI Seagate Cheetah drives (18 gigs, 15000RPM) in striping RAID
Adaptec 29320-R SCSI card
Two IDE WD 60 gig 7200rpm drives (hopefully to be in mirroring software raid)
Now, I know quiet is gonna be a relative term. But...
Should I go wtih the Q-Power case (that way I could use liquid cooling for the processors and vid card) or go with the Antec? Which will be quiter? Price is of no object...
ATM the SCSI drives make a HUGE amount of noise (vibration). No matter which case I get I'll be suspending them on elastic. Should I get the Antec so that the drives aren't as audbiel? Or will the Q-power be qutier because of the lack of fans on the vid card and Xeons?
All help DEFINITELY appreciated (and if there is another case thats better than either plz lemme know)
Thankyou,
Parker