Velox vs Slade vs P101: What’s the most quiet?

I don't have experience with any of those. Maybe @fwfdfireman will share some Velox X insight.

Until then, I can give you some observations/tidbits:

• Larger fans can (typically) push more air at lower RPMs.

• Good/better airflow would allow for lower fan speed.

• Fully air cooled, including a tower CPU cooler, is not going to end up in the silent running column.
-- I have a small form factor Ryzen 5600X with the stock AMD cooler, RTX 3080 FE system in a very breathable case -- lots of mesh and a few 120mm fans. At idle, the CPU fan is certainly noticeable. Under load, time to call it vacuum cleaner mode.
-- I've been opposed to the negatives of liquid cooling for awhile, though did finally dip my toe and equipped a recent build with an AIO (as I mentioned in another thread).

As for the cases:

• The Slade and P101 use channel-type front air intake designs.
-- The design does lessen the amount of sound that can escape from the case, however, it's also less efficient than the full mesh front panels on cases such as the Velox.
-- The Lumos also uses this design, although, the purpose is to provide a clearer, more vibrant view of RGB lighting.

• The Velox uses reverse/inverted ATX mounting.
-- A primary advantage of the layout is improved airflow/cooling for the graphics card(s). In modern, standard ATX designs, the graphics card heat is primarily exhausted via the rear fan. However, half or so of the heat exhausted by the graphics card can linger between the card and PSU shroud. In the reverse/inverted ATX case design, the rear fan still helps with GPU heat, but the top fans (now closer to the graphics card(s) will assist a lot more.
--- Basically, air can be pulled across the graphics card from both top and bottom.
-- The biggest complaint is presentation. Because manufacturers design components for standard ATX layouts, labels (e.g., Geforce RTX) will appear upside down. See @fwfdfireman's system photo (which is a nice looking rig, by the way).

Last but not least, doing research is great. Nonetheless, whichever you pick, don't let second guessing weigh heavily.

In final revisions, I was torn between choosing the be quiet 500DX and Phanteks P400A cases for the rig listed in my sig. I also strongly considered a Velox build. It's a very long story on how it unfolded. Even so, I don't think I would have reasonably regretted any of those options.

Edited by MrCheetah - 05 Jul 2021 at 8:35pm

Nice.

I think, it will stay fairly quiet. You should mostly just hear the "whrrring" sound as long as the room/ambient temp doesn't approach 26C/79F -- at least that's my guess based on experience.

I'm interested to read the review after you've had a chance to play with it for a little while.

Edited by MrCheetah - 06 Jul 2021 at 10:12pm

My Velox, with AIO is quiet. There is nothing about this PC that I don't love. Depending on your fan curve(s) you set, there could be SOME noise depending on the situation. There is noise, don't get me wrong, but I am highly impressed with this PC.
Like I said in my other post, I had the Corsair Commander Pro installed and use that to control my lights and fan speeds. When I got the PC from DS started playing some intense games, the fan speeds were set to quiet. If they sped up, it was barely noticeable and seemed to be producing a little more heat than expected from the case. Checked temps and nothing drastic. I then set all the fans to a "Balanced" setting and that is the sweet spot. The "Performance" setting had the fans running and making more noise all the time, me no likey!