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Old November 5th 16, 12:03 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Default cases with vibration-isolated drive bays?

I have used Antec cases where the hard drives are attached with long
screws through rubber grommets, for noise reduction.
Now it is supposedly better to mount drives with metal to metal for cooling.
I came across a Silverstone media centre case that has two aluminium drive
bays that hold 3 drives. Each of the drive bays sits on 4 rubber bushes.
So that would seem to be a good compromise.
Do any other manufacturers offer this method of mounting drives?
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Old November 5th 16, 05:52 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Default cases with vibration-isolated drive bays?

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I have used Antec cases where the hard drives are attached with long
screws through rubber grommets, for noise reduction.
Now it is supposedly better to mount drives with metal to metal for cooling.
I came across a Silverstone media centre case that has two aluminium drive
bays that hold 3 drives. Each of the drive bays sits on 4 rubber bushes.
So that would seem to be a good compromise.
Do any other manufacturers offer this method of mounting drives?


Airflow is the single most important factor.

It's pretty simple.

1) Temperature measurement via SMART.
"Do I have a problem?"

2) Airflow and surface area.
With moderate airflow and just the drive
surface area, you can achieve a relatively
low delta_T.

If you're not planning on using fans, it
would be a lot tougher to achieve good
results. Solids don't conduct all that
well, unless you use a lot of them, and
any connections from one to another are
done well (milled and polished surfaces,
thermal paste).

Heatpipes offer much better performance,
but they're hard to work with. I don't think
too many people make custom sintered heatpipes
at home in their basement :-)

And this is not how you use a heatpipe :-)
You get "bling" with this one and not much else.
If the heatpipes had fins attached (like a CPU
heatsink does), I'd be more impressed with the
concept.

https://www.quietpc.com/zm-2hc2

Paul
 




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