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Silent Drive Acoustic Enclosure

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  • 24-02-2004 1:21pm
    #1
    Kone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know the cheapest place to buy one? Komplett (my usual supplier) don't seem to have them :mad:


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,025 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Peats, Parnell Street €38

    From myself €30 including postage :)

    Bought, but didn't use much as my old WD SE harddisk got too hot in it. Now don't have spare 5.25" bay


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    I had one for a while but my drives got too hot in it aswell. I'd gett a novibes or Zalaman unit instead. Or better again just buy a quiet HD in the first place. Thats what I did in the end.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,025 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Originally posted by RicardoSmith
    Or better again just buy a quiet HD in the first place. Thats what I did in the end.

    Same here :)


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    netman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭netman


    I built mine from a pair of shoelaces, going through the 5.25" slot mounting holes, in a zig-zag fashion around the hard drive. I saw the same principle in a commercial product and thought - why the hell would you pay so much for it?

    You can't hear the drive anymore, it's totally silent. The only noise it makes is the slight seek noise when reading/writing. I must say, it's the most efficient noise management, both from the cost and the performance perspective :)

    Just make sure you tie them really tight so the drive is sitting firmly in place.


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Must have been on a shoestring budget....:D


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,025 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Originally posted by netman
    I built mine from a pair of shoelaces, going through the 5.25" slot mounting holes, in a zig-zag fashion around the hard drive

    Any pics of that?


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    A few people have done that over at http://www.silentpcreview.com/


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,025 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Thanks RicardoSmith, I get the idea :)


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    jabberwock
    Registered Users Posts: 928 ✭✭✭jabberwock


    *where's my old FCA boots!


    thats a VG site.

    like this article especially.

    CPUs Ranked by Noise / Heat


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