darklord ill look at some other places
i would buy em for u and sell to u but, dunno much about international money transfers (never had a nigieren contact me ) or insured/ganrateed delivery.
i think there are some tho

belt sander and time?
u should be carefull tho, some stuff could be nasty :/

darklord, im sure some uk companies sell black drives i think there pretty comon http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?subcat=32 there u go ;) ive sprayed my dvd/cdr drive, its pretty loud tho :( :( i think i read in a old manual that if the drive was noisy one of the ball bearings had fallen out o...

im using 2 p2 slot coolers minus the fans, i milled mounting holes
works surprisingly well
oh and its hung from the heatsinks too

indeed, nice to get a reply tho.

i think (remmbering from c*t thread) that the idle noise is less or sumin
i think 3db is ment tobe doubling or sumin, tho it does vary :/
im after a 80-120+ hd thats quiet, and a dvd/cdrom drive too

the one thats just been reviewed
i made my own, not that hard..

u could maybe use some foam or speaker wadding, i maybe able to mold u some deflex, big maybe, its a messy process and id want money for it.. decoupling is basicaly where u dont hard mount it, ie hard mount is screwed in, decoupled is hanging/suspended. i used blowhole trim on my maxtor, that has he...

high pitched noise is more noticable isnt it?
and maybe the db meter wasnt in range to messure it properly

right someone rich get them, and test them
then send me the quietest

hmm
the sandra hd mark is good, around what i got with a single wd 8meg i think
at college atm
i could be wrong tho, prolly am
could be a review special, prolly just have a 8meg vs a 2meg ram chip
sandra is easy too mess about with tho
as is any hd bench, spessily wid raid

http://www.soundcardcentral.com/reviews ... /page1.htm
normal ide (not sata) with 8megcache
didnt think they make a drive like that, i want it )
thought it was
sata = 8meg cache
parrell = 2meg
hope the price is reasonable...

yeah im waitin for teh sata one too hope to be able to use a adapter to parrel for a while tho, im poor :( btw blade its me from bigforums >D *stalks* :D ive got a extreme hd silencin setup in ma case, ill do pics/article for moddin.net soon :) fvckin noisey maxtor :( oh and from the reviews ive rea...

i put one on my radeon (first genoration not 8500) its really good <IMG SRC="modules/phpBB_14/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> <br>with a fan (i have 2 side blow holes) card doesnt get hot at all, just very slightly warm than ambiant, altho my card doesnt get hot <br>works wothout fan on my card aswel...