Polycarbonate (Lexan) sound dampening

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Hasdrubal
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Polycarbonate (Lexan) sound dampening

Post by Hasdrubal » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:39 pm

I've started to design my dream case, which would effectively be a FT-02 mini, able to cater for M/ATX systems (my desk can't accomodate a 24" deep computer). I am considering polycarbonate (Lexan or another commercial brand) for the side panels, as I recall reading polycarbonate has a superior sound dampening power to steel or aluminium. Is it a good idea (leaving considerations about scratches aside)?

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Re: Polycarbonate (Lexan) sound dampening

Post by xan_user » Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:14 am

keep in mind lexan (or any plastic/resin) will provide no rf shielding.

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