Sound Dampening Foam's Effectiveness?
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Sound Dampening Foam's Effectiveness?
Hello,
I am new to this forum so bear with me.
I'm planning use sound dampening foam to quiet my PC, but I was wondering if it would be effective in my situation. Most of the noise is caused by my two HDDs. One's a Seagate 120GB (ST3120026A) and other is a Western Digital 30GB (WD300BB). One of them is creating a subtle high pitch whine. It's bearable, but it would be even better if it's gone because I usually leave my computer on overnight. I think it's from the Western Digital because it's much older compare to the Seagate and it might be a Ball Bearing HDD, not sure.
So would it be worth getting a foam dampening kit? If so, which would you recommend me getting and why? or go with my very last resort: To just replace my HDD to a much quieter one?
I am new to this forum so bear with me.
I'm planning use sound dampening foam to quiet my PC, but I was wondering if it would be effective in my situation. Most of the noise is caused by my two HDDs. One's a Seagate 120GB (ST3120026A) and other is a Western Digital 30GB (WD300BB). One of them is creating a subtle high pitch whine. It's bearable, but it would be even better if it's gone because I usually leave my computer on overnight. I think it's from the Western Digital because it's much older compare to the Seagate and it might be a Ball Bearing HDD, not sure.
So would it be worth getting a foam dampening kit? If so, which would you recommend me getting and why? or go with my very last resort: To just replace my HDD to a much quieter one?
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From my experience, foam doesn't take away much noise at all, unless you're really low already, then it might take from silent to quiet, but that's for the fanatics. If you can hear it now, you'll hear after applying foam.
Two alternatives:
1. Replace HDD. As you mentioned yourself, it's old, but this will cost you.
2. Enclose HDD. I have no personal experience of this, but a good enclosure, pre-built or DIY would probably take care of some of the whining noise.
/datapappan
Two alternatives:
1. Replace HDD. As you mentioned yourself, it's old, but this will cost you.
2. Enclose HDD. I have no personal experience of this, but a good enclosure, pre-built or DIY would probably take care of some of the whining noise.
/datapappan
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I think my conclusion is valid
well i know that it's not the best assumption based on that fact, but he did say it was more of a whine than any other noise and usually regardless of mounting method, you probably wouldn't hear a high pitched whine (right?) it'd be more resonance than whine if it was hardmounted.
hmmm i just made another assumption....
just1ncase: why don't you disconnect one of the drives, perhaps the WD first (powered off of course ) and turn it on to see if the whine is gone. I want to know if I'm right (or wrong)
well i know that it's not the best assumption based on that fact, but he did say it was more of a whine than any other noise and usually regardless of mounting method, you probably wouldn't hear a high pitched whine (right?) it'd be more resonance than whine if it was hardmounted.
hmmm i just made another assumption....
just1ncase: why don't you disconnect one of the drives, perhaps the WD first (powered off of course ) and turn it on to see if the whine is gone. I want to know if I'm right (or wrong)
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Maybe after 4 posts on this forum you are an expert on hard drive noise supression, and the hundreds of others who have been dealing with this issue for several years are a bunch of idiots.just1ncase wrote:Why would I use the Harddrive Suspension method? The HDD has nothing to do with the HDD's vibration.. To me, it has to do with more of noise from the inside of the HDD.
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haha i was rightjust1ncase wrote:Yea, I check the HDDs and it's coming from the 30GB Western Digital HDD (WDC300BB)... The Seagate HDD had no high pitch whine whatsoever. The current case I'm using right now is an Antec Solution SLK3700AMB case.
in your face
j/k
do you need the 30 gb drive? I mean with HDD are so cheap these days, it be easy to replace (of course with a quiet drive)
actually i found with same seagate in the same case(antec slk3700AMB) in the HDD cage tended to be louder than suspension, because there still is metal on metal contact (near the front of the hdd cage) even with the proper rubber shoulder groments. try suspension out, it can't hurt
wanna see how other similarites our builds have?( Antec 3700AMB, 120 gb seagate drive) check my sig
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