Harddrive Silencer

[seismik]

Hi,

I've got a new rig built with the specs in my sig, and a Seagate 500GB SATA HDD. This is all built in my Coolermaster Praetorian, so the drive sits front right with only a mesh grill in front of it. The rest of my rig is very quiet, but the drive is pretty loud and I'm thinking about getting a HDD silencer, such as:

Logisys HS-102BL Aluminum Blue Hard Drive Silencer for 1" High 3.5 " HD & 5 1/4" Drive Bay

Nexus DRIVE-A-WAY 5.25IN Silent Hard Drive Enclosure 2.5IN 3.5IN IDE SATA Black

Scythe Quiet Drive Fanless Aluminum Internal HDD Silencer Fits 2.5IN or 3.5IN HDD in 5.25IN Bay

Anyone have any experience with these? Do they work? I'm most concerned about the lack of airflow moving one to a 5 1/4 bay will entail - right now it's got a big 120mm in front of it, but up top there's no fan. So I'm leaning towards the Logisys as it sounds like it has decent cooling. And looks tech.

seis

 

[goobernoodles]

Suspend it.

 

[seismik]

What does that mean?

 

[goobernoodles]

Literally suspend the drive. The noise is mainly the case resonating from the drive's vibration, not the drive itself. If you have it so that its not physically touching the case, it'll be barely audible. I had my raptor suspended when I was in a dorm.. stupid thing would seek in the middle of the night and wake me up. lol

Theres multiple options, if you have room, you can suspend it horizontally in the 5.25" bays, however I decided to suspend mine on its side in front the intake fans. I just used string. Use elastic for the best results.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/...s/viewtopic.php?t=8240
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article8-page2.html
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article109-page1.html

Setting the drive on foam on the bottom of the case works as well.

 

[seismik]

Wow, I will give that a shot. Definitely the most cost effective option.

 

[Maezr]

if you don't want to do the work yourself, you can buy suspension kits: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article39-page1.html