Silencing HD

[MTXR]

Are there any Hard Drive Water Coolers that will also Silence Hard Drives?

I am trying to silence my raptor... Its driving me nuts.


The only thing on my loop right now are my Prestona Xeons.

 

[indokyne]

so you want a silencer and a block?

most blocks for HD's that imo are legit (i.e. cools bottom of drive as opposed to sides) usually come w/ thermal pads (check Alphacool and Asetek). That insulation alone along w/ bolting a piece of copper to the HD should add some noise reduction...

 

[Arcygenical]

Get that Aqua Turtle and encase the rest of the drive in plywood

 

[Bbq]

Hard drive blocks do not make your drives quieter. If you really want to make it quiet, just go pencil + sewing elastic style, in a 5.25 bay. Think like an Antec P150, but ghettoer. Then drop a big fan in front of it, and you're set.

 

[hemi]

If you want to eliminate the seek noise, you have to decouple it from your case. Here's what I did with a Raptor in my LianLi:

(it sits directly behind a fan drawing air through the radiator)

(This is an old shot with my old radiator, but you get the point...)



Tom

 

[n00btard]

if it's vibrating like a sex toy, and you really want to watercool your drive, you can use heavy 2kg blocks such as the Watercool SilentStar Core Dual. Heavy weight = more force required to accelerate it, less acceleration = less vibration

if my memory serves right, the aforementioned Watercool block also decouples the HDD from the 5.25" block (like, decoupler between the block and the drive cage)

 

[topcat989]

or you could make your own WC silencer box