Phanteks Enthoo Luxe/Pro

[tolagarf]

So this again! I need a new case... again! I love my Fractal Define R5, but after I installed 2 x 4TB WD Red HDD's in it, the vibrations are just killing my mood! Not sure why these large HDD cause so much vibrations into the case, I even installed 8 rubber feet under the disks, but still it's making the whole case vibrate, on top of that the side panels don't help since they aren't 100% flush with the chassis, so they can actually rattle at times just to make it interesting :/

So I've been looking at the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe or Pro, also the new Luxe with the tempered glass looks really sweet. Since the hard drive bays in these seem to be plastic, I wonder how well they absorb vibrations. Anyone have experience with this? Particular noisy disks like WD Blacks or Reds, even HGST.

On a side note I find it odd those WD Red 4TB make so much vibrations compared to the 1TB versions, which are really near silent. Both are 5900 RPM drives.

 

[Tolemac]

I have the Enthoo Pro and I can't say I notice any vibration from my 2tb HDD if thats any help and I took the HDD cages out so my mechanical drive is on the base of the case behind the side shroud

 

[RobM]

using enthoo pro M here no vibrating other than sometime the top rad/fan mount other than that occasionally its good

 

[tolagarf]

I ordered the Enthoo Luxe Tempered Glass Anthracite Gray from Caseking. Hopefully this case can last for years, I guess the R5 was a bit too cheap for my usage in the end (I still love Fractal cases though).

 

[RobM]

good choice there

 

[tolagarf]

Alright so a little update:

Got my case yesterday and moved all my hardware over and I have to say this case is awesome! I'm getting no irregular noise aka vibrations from the hard drives, actually I can almost not hear them (got 4 x WD Reds installed in the case). There a little bug with the LED controller I think, since the white color fades into lime after a few minutes except for the lowest 5 cm on the front panel. Very odd, but I'll see if Caseking or Phanteks can help me out with a solution without returning the case...

I have an Alphacool Eisbear 360 sitting in the top of the case with 3 x SP fans pulling air out. Problem is there's this big dust filter sitting in the top which kinda has to be there, to close off the case top. I'm just really unsure of what the best flow direction here would be since this dust filter creates a bit of air restriction.

Right now I have 3 x 140mm NF-A14 iPPC-2000 fans blowing air in from the front and back (filtered) and then 3 x 120mm NF-F12 iPPC-2000 fans pulling air out. I'm just wondering if it would be better having the top fans blow air into the case, and have the back fan pull air out. Is there even going to be a difference?