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by whyoh 1368 days ago
Anecdotal, but even with the new fans, stamped out grills still perform poorly in terms of noise. They're popular because they're cheap.

I'd gladly pay $10 more for a PC case with a less noisy grill, but I can't find any that has this, not even ones that are advertised as "silent".

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It's a pretty easy mod if you really want to swap to wire grills. 10 minutes with a dremel and 10 more to make it look ok again and you can have a completely open fan mount.
I did it for honeycomb grill with metal scissors, and replaced to cheap metal wire ring grille. It significantly reduces noise.