Silent cases?

Hi

I'm soon to invest in a new PC, my first one by the way. I do hower have some questions about cases. I want a fairly quiet pc for gaming and have two alternatives.

Antec sonata III with 500watts

or

Nexus Caterpillar ATX Miditower With 620w power suplie and sound muffeling "carpets" inside.

The antec sonata I've only heard good about but thera are 2 things with the Nexus that might be a problem.

1) The nexus lacks a dust filter at the airintake, does that mean the computer will be filled with dust or is the dustfilter not that inportant?

2)It lacks silicone "dotts" onder the harddrives. Is that a big issue when it comes to the noiselevel of the computer? Does the hard drive work all the time when gaming for instance?

Thanks for the answers and please excuse my spelling as I'm from sweden and this is School english.

Pizzicato

I think that the best quiet case is the Antec SOLO. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129018
It is made of heavy gauge steel.
The panels have sound deadening insulation.
The front intakes are baffled.
HDD mounts have silicone bushings, or you can use rubber suspension.
Intake fans have washable filters.

You can get the same case with a 500w earthwats psu known as the Antec Sonata designer 500 . http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129036
Don't be put off by the white color. I built one and it is very classy looking.

You can also get the SOLO case with a neopower 550 watt psu, known as the Antec Sonata plus 550. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129037

For good info on quiet computing, go to www.silentpcreview.com.

The english in your post is very good; much better than my Swedish.

---good luck---

check silentpcreview.com recommend case section, it has all the information you need.