hard-drive cooling/silencing

sja360 · 4 Mar 2006 at 09:17

hi guys, i've got a raptor 36Gb currently and im looking into silencing the computer and so far its thats all that left to do, i was wondering what sort of cooling drive bay you are using? or any custom setups that anyones done (i hope someone has..)
i was thinking of doing some copper pipes on a steel sheet of metal which is in turn attached to the harddrive top and sides to cool it down and cover it with a load of foam.

Jimbo Mahoney · 4 Mar 2006 at 10:49

I'm using an Alphacool SilentStar DualHDD enclosure (watercooled enclosure for two hard drives).

I'm running a 36GB Raptor and a 200GB WD.

sja360 · 4 Mar 2006 at 13:29

what size barbs can it use? also is their any reviews about? also what temps are you achieving with the raptor on idle? and how quiet is it?
lots of questions i know, but its important.

Shiz · 4 Mar 2006 at 19:12

I'm running a Coolink Silent Savior. The fan is almost silent and dropped the temperature down a good few degrees (4-5 I think) under idle and load.

sja360 · 4 Mar 2006 at 23:16

needs to silence the hard drive also shiz.