I build my own PCs - it cheaper and I get most of my money.
For years the amount of noise the machine made sitting there rendering or playing a film really started to bother me.

So I bought some rubber grommets to reduce vibration and shut the HDD and DVD drives up. A bag of the little rubber washers cost about £1.50p. Once installed, I'd shut the thing up :) I didn't even know if the HDD was working or not. 99.9% silent.

The next problem was fan noise. Having had so much success with the washers I thought I splash out on a new case - to do the job proper.
I spend £105 on an Antec 183p. It’s solid and feels like £105 worth of case. I put it all together and - - NO!!! - - The hard drives rattle and the DVD drive is louder than ever!
So the Antec 183p case was a waste of money. Go to Maplin and buy rubber washers for £1.50p.
(waxdart hello., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 15:57, 5 replies)

get a quieter PSU
and mount it using those rubber washers you've got. I think mine was just under £30 for around 350w of utter quiet. be realistic about how much PSU oomph you need though - big wattage costs in money and/or noise, but too little and things like hard drives don't spin up when you want... add in maybe £20 for a very very quiet CPU fan and just leave the original case be.
( evilstevie misses the Orange Place of late, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 17:24, closed)

I bought a good one ages ago.
I like the idea of adding the washing to it, good idea. Will do that - thanks.
(waxdart hello., Thu 30 Sep 2010, 17:47, closed)

Try...
www.silentpcreview.com

Much silent PC hints 'n' tips.
(Wilton Mitrowserz, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 17:56, closed)

I was goping to suggest
quietpc.com but your site is better. Ta
( Crap Little Monkey Deathstar, so good they built it twice, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 11:35, closed)

yeap I like that site. The case gets good reviews
The case gets good reviews. but I had better for less :(
(waxdart hello., Fri 1 Oct 2010, 16:50, closed)