Scythe Himuro Hard Disk Cooler review

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Kaleid
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Scythe Himuro Hard Disk Cooler review

Post by Kaleid » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:20 pm


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Post by Moogles » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:46 am

It's a Quiet Drive with fins! Spectacular, revolutionary breakthrough!

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Post by Tzupy » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:09 am

The review doesn't seem to have a noise test, only says it's good at quieting the drive.
Am I missing something? I'd like to know how it compares noise-wise with the Quiet Drive.

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Post by Holy-Fire » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:02 am

From my personal experience with the Himuro and the Quiet drive, I'd say the Himuro is much less effective. Its advantages are being cheaper, easier to assemble, and possibly cooler.

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Post by Tzupy » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:07 am

Thank you, Holy-Fire. So the Himuro gets 1-2 degrees better temps, if mounted in a 5.25" bay, probably due to the airflow through the fins.
But noise-wise it's not as good as the Quiet Drive. So it's out from my shopping list.

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Post by Kaleid » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:09 am

Too bad that it has the same poor mounting system. Soft mounting is essential with these, and I actually succeeded with that in a p182 case.
Makes an amazing difference in the sound output.

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