My oldish Antec case has a thin sheet of sound insulation inside the case walls, vibration mounts for the drives (less important now with solid state) and a very tidy cable management system to keep airflow inside the case unimpeded. In other words, it's designed to be quiet. A smaller case may not have better airflow/cooling characteristics. The Antecs are spacious and run quiet in my experience...


DC Ron
BiaB Audiophile
Presonus Studio One
ASUS I9-12900K DAW, 32 GB RAM
Presonus Faderport 16
Too many guitars (is that a thing?)