Built when Netflix first took away password sharing. Thanks for the heads up Netflix! Would not want to start this project now 😂

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    18 hours ago

    I don’t get this setup. First you install a lot of sound proofing, then you install one fan that has to run near light speed to keep that computer cool.

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      11 hours ago

      I have an intake on the bottom pulling cold air, and the top is for exhaust. Both are 3000 rpm fans and together keep the tennis real low. I added the current tennis in a comment while it’s running full tilt

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          10 hours ago

          They are! I also have a small sheet of foam on the wall behind the cabinet too to catch any sound leaking out, so all I get is a small hum

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            See if you can find a Monsterlabo case. They went out of business, but their fanless cases are all heatsink so zero noise.

            I picked up the itx model and overspecd the power supply so that the power supply fan never turns on either.

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      I very much agree with you - I would use more fans on the outside enclosure, possibly behind more barriers so the sound is never direct (it has to bounce off walls before getting out). Eg a vent cover on the outside or simply vents mounted inside the case (not directly on the outside hole).
      (Possibly also keeping the positive pressure inside the enclosure for dust control.)

      However there might be an argument about HDD noise that is fairly particular to the drive models.
      Maybe op just doesn’t like noisy HDDs & isn’t that bothered by fans (I centrally am more bothered by enterprise HDD noise than the noise of quality fans), so the solution is HDD-noise oriented (and I think it works in that regard).

      (And yes, I do pick my HDDs by noise too.)

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        13 hours ago

        We just have the file server in another room and use a mini itx pc slaved to the tv as a player with a bequiet psu

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        I think even just installing an intake would do wonders for this setup. A hole cut with a filter would be good, an additional fan directing air at the bottom would be even better. I’m assuming this PC case has some kind of intake / exhaust. Right now it’s prob just recirculating its own air. That single fan on the prob isn’t doing that much.