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Home Brew Hard Drive Silencer/Cooler
infodragon writes "As I was looking for ways to silence my system I ran across this article demonstrating a sandwich approach to silencing and cooling a hard disk. Quite a novel idea compared to other silencing techniques!"
To bad that the thermal solution of every hardisc is optimized to transfer heat to the sides. The botton wont have any contact with the aluminium because of the circuit board, thus cutting off airflow and heating the chips even further, while the top of the HD consists of a thin sheet of metal that doesnt get much heat.
It would be MUCH more useful to use some heatsink stripes like from an amp, but them on both SIDES of the drive and put it into a 5.25" bay.
HI O WISE PRINCE. WHT TOOK U SO DAM LONG?
It has a soothing, droning quality. In my home (office) I have a PC that sounds like a harrier (sp) in the midst of full-throttle vertical take-off.
It has a desperate need for cooling with two athlons, four hard drives and two cd/dvd media drives (in a mid-size tower) -- I need all the fans I can get...
Anyway, I like the noise...It gives me a sense of controlling some level of power, power that requires this level of noise to tame...