Noisey

Willbo · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:18

Hey everyone, I've got a 150GB Raptor drive in my system.
Just wondered but when I save Football Manager gamers or when Windows loads up, or sometimes just randomly....I get a loud noise coming from my system that sounds like the drive is reading/saving data.
Is it just because the raptor is a loud drive that its so noticeable? I've got a 500GB drive for back up which when i access that is pretty much silent.
Is it the raptor being so loud?

If i was to sell my raptor what drive/s would offer as good a performance?
I've been looking at the WD Caviar SE16 16mb cache AAKS drives, maybe one on its own or two in RAID.

Any advice or recommendations?

krisbutler · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:20

welcome to the sound of raptors

krisbutler · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:22

performance = noise to be honest the cavalier is quieter only because its a 7200rpm drive try mounting the raptor on rubbers to stop case vibration or maybe even sound proof the case

Willbo · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:26

what would be the best ways of sound proofing the case? Obviously with late night gaming, the Raptor gives off a nice loud drone, which doesnt bother me, but gives a loud humming noise next door

krisbutler · 29 Aug 2007 at 08:54

try dynamat or just do asearch on thew web for sound proofing get a few sheets stick to inside panels etc

enigmo · 29 Aug 2007 at 10:14

You can get rubber grommets to stick over the screws of the drive that does reduce vibration from the drive to the casing, and they help a lot. You can also get sound insulated drive enclosures, but these have the two issues of allowing more heat buildup than a bare drive, and also it forces you to use a 5.25" bay instead of a 3.5" one.

Garyj881 · 29 Aug 2007 at 11:32

Only way to entirely get rid of the noise is sell it.

Great drives but extremley noisy.

helmutcheese · 29 Aug 2007 at 13:18

Suspend in Elastic and its near inaudiable.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/files/images/no-vibe-3.jpg

krisbutler · 29 Aug 2007 at 13:19

lol @ suspend in elastic sounds like a good idea

helmutcheese · 29 Aug 2007 at 14:36

Not sure why the pics in my last post died, I have redid it sorry peeps.

Its dead again, not sure why.

thefishdude · 29 Aug 2007 at 15:02

i got 2 raptors mounted in my p180 using rubber ounts that come with the caee and they pretty quiet like that, only really hear em when they working hard.

helmutcheese · 29 Aug 2007 at 15:10

I turned off the Acoustic Managment on both my Raptor X's so they seek faster but louder.

helmutcheese · 29 Aug 2007 at 15:15

Here is above fixed, they seem to not like me linking to their site (not OCUK, other end).

krisbutler · 30 Aug 2007 at 08:26

that looks awsome

PhillyDee · 30 Aug 2007 at 11:26

Nice going. I have a raptor. It makes some mental noises sometimes. Like when the PC is idle, Vista decides "Lets Defrag it!" Q lots of moise. Really love it though and would not swop it for anything. Does that rubber band mod actually stop the clicking seeking noise on a raptor?

Bloodust · 30 Aug 2007 at 12:54

I put my raptor on foam plastic and its pretty much silent now.

helmutcheese · 30 Aug 2007 at 13:33

I believe there was Raptors in same set up as that on one of sites, now sure if 8Mb or 16MB's.

It cant stop the HDD making a noise, but most of the noise is the tranfer of vibration from metal (HDD case) to metal (your case) but it can tone it down a large amount.

I advise you get a big thick bath sponge (bone dry) and sit HDD on it as tempory measure, and see if it makes it quieter, before you go and mod things.