Corsair 600T Noise

Telchak

So the noise of my Corsair 600T (windowed kind), with stock fans and a Scythe Mugen II, Gigabyte GTX560, OCZ ZT 550W is getting quite bothersome to me lately. 55dB according to an app on my phone

I've decided to do something about it and was wondering if this set of fans and silencing foam are likely to make a huge difference?

Item|Price
Foam Silencing Kit - Corsair 600T Cases|£24.98
BitFenix Spectre PRO 200mm Fan White LED - black|£11.99
BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan White LED - Black|£11.99
BitFenix Spectre PRO PWM 120mm Fan - Black|£9.98
BitFenix Spectre 200mm Fan - Black|£9.98
Shipping|£8.25
Total|£78.83

The 200mm Pro is for the front intake, the regular 200mm for the top outtake, 120mm Pro for the back outtake and 120mm PWM for the CPU cooler.

Any suggestions would be appreciated (:

BloodBath

Those fans are good but but exactly quiet. I have a 200mm spectre and I have to drop it down to about 40% to make it reasonably quiet.

tuxy

The fan controller on the 600t is not good. Plug the fans that came with the case directly into the motherboard if you have enough fan headers.
Turn the fans down in the bios and it should be much quieter. Just monitor it for a while to make sure your cpu and gpu temps are ok.

If it's the CPU or GPU fans thats the problem this won't help though you might be able to setup a fan profile that will.

Serephucus

I wouldn't go with that foam kit thing. Usually those kits are that cheap for a reason. I bought something similar for my ATCS 840 when I had it, cost me about €30. Know what it felt like? The soft foam you get in boxes as packing material. Fluffy, airy, and incredibly light. Get some AcoustiPack instead. The single OEM sheets are the cheapest. I'd recommend either the 7 or 12mm stuff. Mass is what's going to stop sound more than anything, and this stuff has got some real heft to it. It's almost like thick carpet. That same sort of weight.

As for the fans, Bloodbath's right. They're fine, but they're not really quiet (at least the 200mm Spectres aren't) I'd go for Gentle Typhoons, personally. Not designed as case fans, but the fact remains that they push a lot of air for the little bit of noise they make.

BloodBath

Mine is the spectre pro by the way. The normal specs are quieter. If you are going for silence don't use the pro's.

Telchak

Hmmm, interesting... so I'll either get some Gentle Typhoons or I may go for a couple of Noctua's instead, as expensive as they are

Serephucus

I should mention I've used both, and I've found GTs to be quieter than Noctuas, especially at lower RPMs.