What can I get at a hardware store to dampen my case?
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What can I get at a hardware store to dampen my case?
My PC6070 needs some extra dampening done.. I noticed some thick foam in some cases in between the CD Rom Drives. What does that do? Id like to dampen the rest of my case. I have a large hardware store and a few stereo shops that have dynamat if that will help. Thanks for any tips!
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=7600
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=6698
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=7437
Dynamat is too expensive and generally considered to be not so good.
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=6698
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=7437
Dynamat is too expensive and generally considered to be not so good.
what im trying to really dampen I believe is just hard drive vibration. I can feel it feeding through to my desk. I was hoping laying some dynomat in the bottom of the case may knock out some of the feeding vibe. I can get 2 10x10 squares through a buddy at a local shop for 10$ of the dynamat. Plenty enough to cover the bottom of my case and a few strips to place elsewhere. If you dont think this would help let me know.
Thanks for the links! Good reading.
Thanks for the links! Good reading.
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Save yourself some money...get a roll of "roofer's tape" at the hardware store. Virtually identical to Dynamat at 1/4 the cost. This stuff works well at eliminating panel/case vibration.
This is what I also used and it did help some. But it also sounds like you need to suspend your disk drive(s). This makes an even bigger difference. I would say suspend first then use something like Dynamat or roofer tape.Bluefront wrote:Save yourself some money...get a roll of "roofer's tape" at the hardware store. Virtually identical to Dynamat at 1/4 the cost. This stuff works well at eliminating panel/case vibration.
Yeah -- just to ditto hvengel, you'll get much better results by going after the source of the vibration and suspending your hard drive inside the case (there's ample data on how to do that in this site), and what's more it hardly costs anything.
Roofer's tape (or dynamat) may cut noise a little if your case is vibrating audibly, but it will have almost zero effect on the problem you describe. After you've suspended the hard drive, Eidolon's suggestion is where I'd go next. Sorbothane can also be bought from McMaster-Carr.
Check out the "Silent Storage" and "Cases and Damping" forums and the various tutorials and introductions on this site.
Roofer's tape (or dynamat) may cut noise a little if your case is vibrating audibly, but it will have almost zero effect on the problem you describe. After you've suspended the hard drive, Eidolon's suggestion is where I'd go next. Sorbothane can also be bought from McMaster-Carr.
Check out the "Silent Storage" and "Cases and Damping" forums and the various tutorials and introductions on this site.