Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
In order to assure a consistent environment, IMO an open environment should be used. Especially considering every case on the market has different acoustical properties.
I disagree. Even if acoustics are different from one case to another one would get an idea of what to expect. A disclaimer saying "noise will vary from one case to another" is all that would be needed to keep readers informed IMO.

The gist of it is that it would allow readers to get an idea of what to expect from PC cases using of 2-4 fans already running in the background. Versus an open bench with 0-2 fans.