Wondering about Acoustipac for my Lian Li PC-A10A
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 7:36 am
I found out, by accident, that some weight on the top of my aluminum Lian Li case would stop vibrations in the top panel of the case. I had put my tape measure up there one day to get it out of the way, and noted an impressive reduction in the moaning/eerily droning noise of the vibration. After experimenting around, I found that I could almost completely silence it by placing both of my tape measures on the top of the case. The second tape measure goes just behind the little access door at the front of the top of the case.
I was wondering if it would be a good idea to apply some of the Acoustipac 7mm, heavy 3-layer, material to the inside of the top panel of the case to add the weight in an aesthetically pleasing way, and stop the vibrations. Here is a view of the inside of the case taken about 4 years ago, but it is all basically the same inside (the square aluminum exhaust vent on the inside, just below the rear fan has been removed).
Since I have to do the annual maintenance on the water cooling system, and maybe tidy up the wiring mess, I thought that it would be a good time to do some more silencing work inside the case. The whole cooling system is mounted on the removable motherboard tray, so gaining access to the entire insides of the case will be very easy. In fact reaching anything in this case is easy too, like annual water cooling maintenance: I just unplug all electrical connections on the motherboard, slide it out, open the reservoir, then turn the whole shebang upside down and dump it out in a bucket.
There is minimal fan or airflow noise in the case after quieting the vibrations in the top panel. Would it be worth it to cover the insides of every panel with the heavy Acoustipac to make it quieter, or not really worth the effort?
I was wondering if it would be a good idea to apply some of the Acoustipac 7mm, heavy 3-layer, material to the inside of the top panel of the case to add the weight in an aesthetically pleasing way, and stop the vibrations. Here is a view of the inside of the case taken about 4 years ago, but it is all basically the same inside (the square aluminum exhaust vent on the inside, just below the rear fan has been removed).
Since I have to do the annual maintenance on the water cooling system, and maybe tidy up the wiring mess, I thought that it would be a good time to do some more silencing work inside the case. The whole cooling system is mounted on the removable motherboard tray, so gaining access to the entire insides of the case will be very easy. In fact reaching anything in this case is easy too, like annual water cooling maintenance: I just unplug all electrical connections on the motherboard, slide it out, open the reservoir, then turn the whole shebang upside down and dump it out in a bucket.
There is minimal fan or airflow noise in the case after quieting the vibrations in the top panel. Would it be worth it to cover the insides of every panel with the heavy Acoustipac to make it quieter, or not really worth the effort?