Suspending HDD in a PC7+

Emp.Man

Emp.Man

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Has anyone done this? The only way I can see to do it is to bend the sides of the 3.5" bay and suspend it from there, which I'm not sure would be the best idea (even if it's possible). I'm not keen on putting it in the 5.25" bay because putting another fan in there would probably cause as much noise as the vibration.

Any other ideas?

(Loving the case generally by the way, big thanks to everyone on here for bringing it to my attention :))
 
Dont see what a fan has to do with suspending a Hard Drive in a drive bay...

Why dont you try using elastic. You can buy round elastic like the stuff you get round the edges of coat sleeves or fleeces and pass this in a "X" shape over the HD and tie to the metal cage of the case.
 
Yes mate, I was planning on using that sort of elastic - it's just where to put it that's the problem. If I put it in the 5.25" bay there's no airflow there, so I'd most likely have to put a fan on the drive to stop it getting too hot. The HDD bay is in the ideal spot by the front intake fan but it's too tight to suspend it in there, the drive would still be touching the bay and I'd still be getting the vibration noise. As I said, the only way I can think to do it is to bend the sides of the bay to give some more room, but that seems a bit extreme.
 
Does your PC7 also resonate pretty badly?

It annoys me a lot. All that's in there are some low-RPM fans and a single hard drive. If this is the ultimate build quality everyone talks about then I wouldn't like to see a bad case.. :rolleyes:
 
Ah cool, that's good to hear. I'd read a few people saying how it was a bad idea to have one suspended without direct cooling, but I'll give it a shot. Would be much easier if it's OK that way :)

Wush - My previous case was a Sonata and this setup is only a little bit louder, that's with the fans running on the 'optimal' setting rather than running slower. Apart from the HDD vibration I don't think it's bad at all. Then again, my ears aren't the best thanks to too much earphone abuse.. Going deaf's the most effective method I've found yet for silencing a PC.
 
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Nice one, sounds like I'll be alright then!

hyper_piper45 said:
How quiet is the case? Are the ambers load at all?
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Have a look at the edit I made above, I mustn't have been fast enough typing it out. I don't think they're bad at all on the optimal settings, I've not tried setting them any slower yet since I'm needing all the cooling I can get whilst I try to overclock my CPU. I'll give it a try tomorrow and post back though.
 
the only time im concarned about hdd cooling is when i have had 4 of them packed together and really no airflow around them - even with a 120mm fan they still got toasty! but 1 suspended will cool itself suffciently.
 
I have 2 spinpoints in the lower cage in my p180. The only airflow comes from my tagan 2force (not very much) and they are only mildly warm to the touch! they're v quiet too! :cool:

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i love the hdd rack on the p180 cos you can place 4 in and still got room to vent them unlike my file server (jeantech case) 4 drives were rammed together -(mind you i did have 7 all together) so as you can imagine non of those were in 5.25 bays they got real toasty
 
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