I'm thinking of getting a P180....

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I've built a new PC recently in a Lian Li PC777 case. I had wanted it to be reasonably quiet so went for a quiet CPU cooler and quiet graphics card and now the hard drives (when reading/writing) are the loudest part of the system. Although I like the design of the case and the room it gives internally the mesh panel on the side of the PC777 does nothing to dampen the noise level and I'm considering changing to a P180 as I really need to do something to stop the HD noise as it's annoying me.

The spec I'd be putting in it would be

Seasonic 600W PSU
Gigabyte DS4
Core Duo E6600/Arctic Freezer 7 Pro
IceQ3 X1900XT
X-Fi
DVDRW
5 x HD's. The loud HD's are a Raptor 150GB and a 320GB Seagate 7200.10, obviously the raptor is the louder of the two. The 12cm fan in the PC777 does a good job of keeping the HD's relatively cool.

Can people with a P180 give me their opinions/concerns regarding this case and any issues they'd expect with the hardware I'd be using ?
 
Thanks for the suggestion, I just wasn't sure how good the drive enclosures were these days - particularly with the 10K raptor. My PC777 has free 5.25" bays I can use for the 2 loudest drives, that way I could keep the case I like the look of the most as well as quieten the noisy drives.

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The raptor I have is the window model, I'm thinking that it shouldn't be mounted in an enclosure in case any pressure is applied to the top of the drive ?
 
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As I'm still not 100% about using a full enclosure I've decided to order a Scythe HD Stabilizer that should let me mount the raptor in a 5.25" bay and stop vibration related noise. It was pretty cheap at £10 delivered so if it doesn't do much I'll look at something else.
 
I'd seen the bungee mod on another site but to be honest I just didn't like the look of it. I don't have any plastic clips or "bungee cord" anyway, lol.
 
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