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RE: Silencing the HDD by suspension

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In Reply to: RE: Silencing the HDD by suspension posted by seger on August 13, 2008 at 14:34:27

I agree that after-market HDD mounts are not cheap and not always totally effective and, like you, tried elastic. For 2.5" HDDs, I use elastic bands and find that silencing is total and that temperatures stay well below 30 degrees C.

When I mentioned this in an earlier post, J.Mac warned that the bands "tend to dry out and disintegrate within a few months". This is true of most types but not with the ones I use. However, I don't know enough about elastic bands to say what kind they are except that they are (obligingly) left on the doorstep about twice a week by the British postal service.

3.5" HDDs (as used in a workstation, not an audio PC) not only need stronger elastic but temperatures quickly rise to over 40 degrees C. Silencing is effective but temperatures are too high for safety so I use a "Zalman ZM-2HC2 Heatpipe Cooler" instead with a 12cm, 12v fan resting on top and running on 5v. It's inaudible from a metre away even with the case open and temperatures stay below 30 degrees C.

YMMV. The link is to DTemp, a monitoring utility which seems to work well.

Dave

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RE: Silencing the HDD by suspension - seger 08:27:18 08/15/08 (0)
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