Sharkoon Vs Thermaltake

Sharkoon VS3-S
http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/node/2384
VS Thermaltake Versa G2
http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001943
I'm talking about the inside of the case, less of the outside
I guess that sharkoon has upper psu while thermaltake has lower psu
any other differences? any recommendation?

Hi!

I would suggest the Thermaltake. Mostly for the 120mm rear case and top exhaust fans. The sharkoon only have the option for an 80 or a 92mm, wich will be noisier and also will push less air. Othervice, they seem pretty evenly matched.

The optional videocard cooling fan mount in the Thermaltake are neat too. The front intake fan you can remove if you want a bit lower noise levels? An exhaust fan setup like that will keep things cool enough. I suggest you tape up the side panel and the VGA fan mount. The latter for the time beeing at least. They will be serious dust collectors othervise. And you wont need any side panel fan anyway.
 
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nosier

I forgot to mention. Noise is a big factor - I want less of it.
Regarding dust collectors - I can see that they design the upper holes so that air will flow outside but
doesnt it mean also that it will be a great place fr dust? and am I wrong by saying that the bigger the number of "holes" in the case so it become nosier?
since there is something that let the air flow it doen't prevent the noise to flow also?
 
Ok.

If you don't like what you hear? I say invest in more quiet fans like Noctua or Nexus for example. You want at least 35 cfm air flow with the silent fans you pick. And a max rpm between 1200 - 1600.

The Noctua fans are my favourite brand. Cost some more, but are well worth it. I have had 2 of them as exhaust ( 1 at the back and one at the top ). for 5 years now and they never have missed a beat. And in the winter, when the ambient temperatures are lower. I only run them at 1000 rpm. They cool well enough at that speed too. The only thing I hear from the box are the slight hizzing of air rushing into the case. The case sits just 1 meter from me at the top of the computer desk. The MSI Gaming series of videocards are very quiet too even at load. The Asus Direct CU series and the Gigabyte cards are quiet too. But in that area MSI, beats them by a bit when at load.

I did'nt notced yesterday that the 2 x top exhaust fans in the Thermaltake case where optional. Sorry about that. Yes, there you have another dust intake / noise amplifer. But get at least 1 silent 120mm for the top anyway. This as much of the warm / hot air from the hardware, will travel upwards in the case. And if you have / get a cpu cooler wich backside are facing the top of the case? A top exhaust fan or 2 will be good for obvious reasons. And then per automatic you will have a kind of push - pull, cpu to case fan configuration too.

It's also a smart move to mount the fans with rubber grommits or round, elastic cords to dampen vibrations between the fan and the case. You can even put a small amount of Blue Tack or Play Dooh at the corners of the fan houseing, facing the case, to further improve the noise levels. The Noctua fans comes with houseing, rubber dampers and grommits though.

There are two good ways to make a non SSD harddrive to run more silent. Get some silicone hdd vibration dampers, wich should be mounted beween the hdd and the hdd bracket. Do not tighten the screws all the way though! That will destroy the whole idea with the dampers. You can also suspend the hdd in mid air using elastic cords of a sturdier kind.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article8-page2.html
 
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In regards to noise all you really need to worry about is having a fan controller and good CPU cooler and non reference video card.

Dust is almost exclusively going to come in to the machine through the intake fans. If you're worried about dust get a case that has a dust filter on your intake fans. My case doesn't have any dust filters and it doesn't get too bad. Dust filters or not you'll need to open it up every once in a while and blast all the dust out anyway.
 
300R is a great case. Looks aren't really the best in my personal taste but that's totally down to preference.
 
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