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Yes, in any Computer shop, at least here in my Country... It cost around 1,2 $ here.Volkswagen wrote:
Were can i buy a pair of these in the us ?
I wondered about that as well, but it seems the heatpipe is of so soft material that it does not transfer vibrations. The drives became really silent after I did that modification.El Doug wrote:nifty - does the vibration pass along the heatpipe at all? i assume the case wall it's attached to does not, considering its thickness
thanks for the answerTibors wrote:The computer I am posting this with now has been running for about a year. All this time the HD has been lying on a synthetic carwash sponge.RaptorZX3 wrote:-it is safe to put a hard disk directly on a bath sponge?
omgy wrote:Front:
Two drives supsended in the 5.25" bay of an Antec 3000b.
One is Western Digital Raptor 74gb, the other is a Hitachi 250GB.
The Raptor runs at about 40 C without active cooling.
I can't get readings from the Hitachi but it feels slightly cooler than the Raptor.
This elastic fits in the back groove of the hard drives (see back.jpg) &
hold's the drives fairly securely when moving the case.
It is 1/4" Woven Elastic from JoAnn's; woven elastic maintains its width when stretched. You can buy it by the yard at JoAnn's .