- Apr 17, 2015
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looking to make my hard drives quieter. the drives are by far the noisest part of my computer. the hum from the rotation and heads reading/writing constantly with BI. they already sit on silicone pads in my case (and the vibrations are going into the case), but my case is on my desk beside my monitor. a few options i have considered:
1) nas in another room, but i don't really want the extra device or network overhead. looked at migrating to survelence station from BI, but the licensing costs are crazy.
2) put the computer on the floor, but would rather keep it on the desk for dust/convience/cool clear case window
3) buy SSDs, but thats way too much money
4) use a esata cable and put the hard drives in question on a rubber pad in a desk door or some sort of hard drive cage/box on the floor under the desk.
drives in question are two WD red 4TB and the case is a corsair c70. i'm leaning twards trying option 4, wont be silent, but should be much better than what I have now.
anyone else tried something similar or gone though similar exercise?
1) nas in another room, but i don't really want the extra device or network overhead. looked at migrating to survelence station from BI, but the licensing costs are crazy.
2) put the computer on the floor, but would rather keep it on the desk for dust/convience/cool clear case window
3) buy SSDs, but thats way too much money
4) use a esata cable and put the hard drives in question on a rubber pad in a desk door or some sort of hard drive cage/box on the floor under the desk.
drives in question are two WD red 4TB and the case is a corsair c70. i'm leaning twards trying option 4, wont be silent, but should be much better than what I have now.
anyone else tried something similar or gone though similar exercise?
