Need some sound dampeing foam for my case. Its a shuttle, but a normal kit will just leave me with sum spare...maybe even double it up - cant go wrong. Cant seem to find anywhere in the UK that does it cheap and has reasonable postage. HELP?
mousepads. cheap mousepads that companys give away for free as advertizements. either pull the fabric off or glue them in black side out. works great
I just bought a small pack of paxmate. It's great stuff for a shuttle and if you apply to the back and bottom, you'll use up just about all of it. Not bad for a tenner
Packing peanuts. You must epoxy them on individually, and you need two layers to block out all the sound.
carpet padding works. you know the stuff they put under the carpet to make it squishe. i think you can get it at a hardware store
Out of interest, has anyone noticed any change in temps when applying foam (or equivs)? It is effectively extra insulation, after all... I'm assuming here that no-one has covered up air-vents of course! I dont imagine you lose much heat through the case walls but you never know... CJM
i got some left over paxmat arriveing, and gunna use it in a shuttle (already a hot box) I'll set up all ym temp sesnors at the same time, and c if there a significant difference in temp or any at all and get back to y'all
What kind of sound are you trying to dampen? There seems to be two different types of noise in a PC case- direct vibration and radiated. Direct vibration might come from a fan in a sidepanel...fan vibrates and the panel thrums in sympathy. A dense foam glued to the panel would help stop the panel vibrating. The second source would be the ambient noise in the case...coil whine or even just air movement. Thick, molded foam (think eggcrate here) will help smother this type of noise. Simply stuffing your case willy-nilly with foam won't get you where you want to be...a more measured approach is called for. The guys over at SilentPCReview.com have a wealth of info/tricks you might find useful.
Mousepads, but not just any kind, the slightly heavier, rubber-foam style (neoprene/bitumene) The kind that smell slightly. They are excellent when it comes to eating high frequence noice.
http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/Cat/110016?Ref= Pretty much the same as 'yoga mats' but they may be cheaper... l'm sure you have some sort of outdoor acticvity shop nearby..
no temp diffrence... the thermal conductivity of your case walls is statisticly meaningless. no matter what your computer depends of convection (forced or natural) for cooling. as long as you dont try to insulate your mobo or fan holes (i.e. air moving) there will be no noticable increase in tempature.
Unless you do it, for some idiotic reason, to a Zalman TNN-series case (the big fanless heatsink case that costs $1300) But yeah, you should have your exhaust fans getting rid of all the heat from your case.
Eh id be easy with the carpet padding and anything that resembles carpet, they are notorious for causing static. And someone mentioned it correctly, you need to determine what kind of sound is coming out of your computer. If you hear high pitch noises then sound dampening foam is the key for you. If you hear your case vibrating then you need to invest on something like paxmate or my favorite Brown Bread. In my experience when I had all my sound dampening foam and vibration absorbing material it did raise my temps by like 2-4 C ( I had a pretty large amount of foam in there though)
