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AcoustiPak Deluxe Sound Dampening Material Review
Author: Julian Shapiro SUMMARY: If you're like many PC users today, you'll find that the excessive noise and vibrations coming from your system are just too much. Come join us as we take a look at a product that claims to do away with this nuisance. It may be just what the doctor ordered to fix your own noise problems!
Editor: Mike Wright
Category: Miscellaneous
Published: 26th December 2003
Manufacturer: QuietPC
Our Rating: 8.5 out of 10

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Introduction

I loathe the sound of loud PC’s. My desktop PC is located in the same room I sleep in, and it usually remains turned on at night. During my short spells of beauty sleep, I’m very sensitive to noises: Rattling hard drivers, vibrating cases and shrieking fans definitely do not help my cause. Fortunately for myself and many other irritated PC users, there are companies around dedicating their entire stock of products to the infuriating PC noise factor- meet QuietPC.

With us today is Acousti Products’ AcoustiPak Deluxe, kindly sampled from QuietPC. AcoustiPak and AcoustiPak Deluxe are noise reducing composite sheets for general use inside a computer. These self-adhesive foam sheets are designed to dampen sound and vibration by minimizing sound wave reflections within an enclosure. In addition to these sheets, three foam blocks can be found included in the AcoustiPak Deluxe kit.

As other similar products on the market, you are required to manually cut slabs out of the AcoustiPak sheets to fit various locations in your PC. It is personally recommended that you stay clear from adhering these materials directly beside your PSU or directly in front of any fan ducts as these materials are known for increasing the temperatures inside your PC. And, if applied incorrectly, they can significantly block airflow within your case.

Fortunately, there are no immediate dangers resulting from the proper installation of these products. Today, we shall install these sound-proofing materials inside one of the Canadian TweakTown Labs test-bench machines, and monitor temperatures and noise reduction carefully to give you the most effective results possible.

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