My rig is about as far as I can get I think:
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Any other ideas to make it quieter - or is the new case the way to go?
Help me get quieter....
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"Thing is the case still isn't silent . It's quiet but not as quiet as I would like, and as I tend to have it running overnight in my bedroom I want it quieter. It still seems to be the drives that are making the most noise though, even suspended."
Why run overnight in your bedroom? if you're downloading torrents, I'd use a NAS with a torrent client capability (or another computer) located in another room.
Why run overnight in your bedroom? if you're downloading torrents, I'd use a NAS with a torrent client capability (or another computer) located in another room.
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Suggestions
Get Smart Drive Enclosures - "quiets hard drive noise by at least 4 decibels (difference is greater with a noisier hard drive)"
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Replace your desktop drives with
a) one quiet green (slower spinnng) desktop drive; or
b) notebook drives; or
c) SSD for the OS and notebook drive(s) for the data; or
d) SSD for the OS and a remotely located NAS for data.
and/or
Case insulation (AcoustiPack kit) or replace with a well insulated case such as an Antec Solo.
Get Smart Drive Enclosures - "quiets hard drive noise by at least 4 decibels (difference is greater with a noisier hard drive)"
or
Replace your desktop drives with
a) one quiet green (slower spinnng) desktop drive; or
b) notebook drives; or
c) SSD for the OS and notebook drive(s) for the data; or
d) SSD for the OS and a remotely located NAS for data.
and/or
Case insulation (AcoustiPack kit) or replace with a well insulated case such as an Antec Solo.
Last edited by PlanetOfTheApes on Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:08 am, edited 1 time in total.
Yeah have been looking at the Smart Drive and the Scythe equivalent - Quiet Drive.
It's definately the spinning noise rather than vibration / chattering from the disks themselves.
I have two laptop disks I am going to do tests with, WD Blue edition 500GB and 320GB, although a quick HDTune test showed all their specs to be considerably slower than the 3.5"s - probably as they are 5400rpm.
SSD is also something I have thought of, just quite expensive.
It's definately the spinning noise rather than vibration / chattering from the disks themselves.
I have two laptop disks I am going to do tests with, WD Blue edition 500GB and 320GB, although a quick HDTune test showed all their specs to be considerably slower than the 3.5"s - probably as they are 5400rpm.
SSD is also something I have thought of, just quite expensive.
just watch out for those scythe quiet drives, they're more hd coolers than silencers.
i tried them because they're cheaper than smart drives but they turned out to be not as good as my silentmaxx hd silencers which i'm having trouble getting hold of. i'd imagine the smart drive would be better than the silentmaxx.
i tried them because they're cheaper than smart drives but they turned out to be not as good as my silentmaxx hd silencers which i'm having trouble getting hold of. i'd imagine the smart drive would be better than the silentmaxx.