New Raptor 150

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alkoholik

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is the new raptor any quieter then the 74gb version? i have the 74gb now and its fairly quiet but I can hear it seeking/accessing info and its really starting to annoy me....is this new one better?
 
The noise profile on the drives are about the same. ~5.0ms seeks are going to have a pretty deep rumble to them, regardless of the generation of the drive.
 
DougLite said:
The noise profile on the drives are about the same. ~5.0ms seeks are going to have a pretty deep rumble to them, regardless of the generation of the drive.
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hmm i really cant stand that rumble...ive read in a couple posts of people sound proofing their cases....what do u recommend? I have a Thermaltake Tsunami case and the drive is screwed into the cage with these rubber fasteners...not sure what else can be done.
 
alkoholik said:
hmm i really cant stand that rumble...ive read in a couple posts of people sound proofing their cases....what do u recommend? I have a Thermaltake Tsunami case and the drive is screwed into the cage with these rubber fasteners...not sure what else can be done.
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About the only thing you can do over and above that is foam suspension and water cooling for the drives.
 
The Antec P150 has rubber suspenders for that reason

I think people are going to far with noise dampening now.
 
Ockie said:
The Antec P150 has rubber suspenders for that reason

I think people are going to far with noise dampening now.
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i dont realy thnik so, i have the P-180 case with the 74gig version and it is WAY quieter than my damn Maxtor drive in my HTPC, that is one of the main reasons why i am repacing it with a hitachi drive. But in all honesty i prefer the sound of the raptor over normal hard drives, for me i dont mind the low sound noise emitted, what really drives me crazy is the really high pitch sounds of say a stock CPU cooler, shitty hard drives, etc.... And some power supply units.
 
the only thing i hear now from my case is the 120mm fan (which is pretty quiet) and the rumble of the raptor....D_Lite do u have a link for that foam u mentioned?
 
any acoustic studio sound-proof foam will be fine to use cut-down. It aint that expensive either.
 
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