Loud computer & foam questions...

[ThaArtist]

To sum up my question quickly. Do you think a piece of 2" standard packaging foam will catch on fire inside of my aluminum computer case. My case hasn't read to get hotter then 86 degrees farenheit inside. But I want to be on the safe side. I got the idea from another expensive case that actually uses foam inserted in empty drive bays etc. to reduce noise.

Also, their is a type of thin foam sold for trying to absorb case noise. Check out this link:

http://www.xoxide.com/sounabmat.html

They don't mention anything about fire code or safety with it though. What do ya think? Appreciate anyones thoughts on this! Thanks!

[ThaArtist]

OK I also found this. I think its another similar type "high density" thin foam mat...

http://www.noisestopsystems.co.uk/pr...ping_Sheet.htm

it says typical use is between -10 degrees to 90 degrees so it seems to be safe ..


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[ThaArtist]

My case is steel or aluminum... I forget...

[ThaArtist]

somthin like this with the thinner stuff i guess...

[junplugged]

is that liquid cooling? mine are all air and extremely noisy so i haven't started recording with them, i'm still using an all-in-one box.

[ThaArtist]

Well that picture is but... yea

I found a review of building a silent pc... its got a lot of pictures, check it out...

http://www.silentpcreview.com/Sectio...-artid-87.html

Also, if anyone knows what this material is this guy uses and if you think it would work better then that dampening mat foam I'd love to know!




Finished product...

[goodbyebluesky]

I like Ethan Winer's idea..... http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html#noise
Its what I plan on doing by using some cheap foam pieces I pilfer from where I work before they see the trash bin and wrapping them in fabric.

[ThaArtist]

Yeah I'm doing Ethans idea as well but just not like he did. I think the way he has it set up is just kinda ugly in my opinion. What I'm doing is actually building a simple case for my tower with the front and back open and a little room on the sides to still get air in and out of the case but other then that pretty snug and with 703 or foam. So....

Yeah. I'm trying to cancel out all noise (or as much as possible with these known methods...) so I'm going both routes. inside the case and outside.

So does anyone think that standard moving foam would catch fire?

I know foam can catch fire and when it does burns super fast....

So... anyone?

[pandamonk]

Rick has a good idea. Rick show them your idea!

[pandamonk]

It's something like this. Made from MDF with the computer mounted inside.