Rest HDD on foam?

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Guys, I am considering resting my Samsung F1 on some Akasa Paxmate foam to reduce the vibrations. I was going to just bungee mod it, but I also want to install one of my older Spinpoints, and it would be a little tight to bungee both.

Temps are not a problem as it sits right behind my 180mm intake and is currently 23c.

Is there any potential issues from doing this? I can't think of any, but thought it better to ask.
 
kerrgreg said:
it might get a lot hotter

could you not jsut use rubber mounts or get some 5.25 holders which will keep it silent?
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5.25" holders is not really an option. I have a Kama Bay in there and a Zalman Fan controller, and I don't want the HDD's sticking out toward the motherboard.

Have tried with the standard mounting for my case (Silverstone Fortress) and the vibrations are pretty bad.

When bungee modded or mounted on the foam, the difference is incredible.

Guess i'll run an HDD benchmark and see how the temps go.

EDIT - just ran the HDTune benchmark and the temps didn't go above 25c.
 
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I've done this (using a piece of the eggbox foam from the drive packing) and it can work very well - I'd suggest though that you sit the drive "upside-down" on the foam, so that the PCB doesn't overheat. Provided there's at least a trickle of airflow across it, your temps should be fine.

Obviously you'd want to avoid moving the PC unless you can contrive a way of securing the drive in place - in my case, sparing no expense, I used a shoelace threaded through four small holes drilled in the bottom of the case, across the "top" (actually the bottom) of the drive, and pulled just tight enough to compress the foam slightly and hold the drive firmly in place. It wasn't a thing of beauty, but it worked just fine... :)
 
CaptainCrash said:
Obviously you'd want to avoid moving the PC unless you can contrive a way of securing the drive in place - in my case, sparing no expense, I used a shoelace threaded through four small holes drilled in the bottom of the case, across the "top" (actually the bottom) of the drive, and pulled just tight enough to compress the foam slightly and hold the drive firmly in place. It wasn't a thing of beauty, but it worked just fine... :)
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Gotta love the shoelace method. I'm currently suspending a fan to blow air over the RAM and northbridge. Funny thing is, I just realised I didn't take it out when I moved house, I must've hooked it on more firmly than I realised..
 
CaptainCrash said:
I've done this (using a piece of the eggbox foam from the drive packing) and it can work very well - I'd suggest though that you sit the drive "upside-down" on the foam, so that the PCB doesn't overheat. Provided there's at least a trickle of airflow across it, your temps should be fine.

Obviously you'd want to avoid moving the PC unless you can contrive a way of securing the drive in place - in my case, sparing no expense, I used a shoelace threaded through four small holes drilled in the bottom of the case, across the "top" (actually the bottom) of the drive, and pulled just tight enough to compress the foam slightly and hold the drive firmly in place. It wasn't a thing of beauty, but it worked just fine... :)
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Thanks. I was planning to place 4 small squares of foam below it, to avoid any overheating issues and allow plenty of airflow over the PCB.

I also need to keep it right way up as I plan to install 2, one on top of the other.

I will try the bungee method first and if I am stuck for space then looks like 4 pieces of foam it is ;)
 
Is there no need to earth the drive to the case? Assuming the bungee and foam method do not have the drive touching the case.
 
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