Rubber Grommet Hard Drive Screws Useless?

[fcastro]

Hi all,

Ok I have obsessed with making both of my pcs run as quite as possible. I have read the and searched the forums a few times and seems like everyone is saying that the rubber grommet screws for hard drives are totally useless? My case isn't built for rubber grommets but I figured I could easily drill a wider hole in the screw area and make it wider so the grommet goes through both sides.

Of course the grommet on the hard drive side would be tight as a mule.

Is it worth putting in the rubber grommet screws or should I just return them?

[new2spcr]

Hi all,

Ok I have obsessed with making both of my pcs run as quite as possible. I have read the and searched the forums a few times and seems like everyone is saying that the rubber grommet screws for hard drives are totally useless? My case isn't built for rubber grommets but I figured I could easily drill a wider hole in the screw area and make it wider so the grommet goes through both sides.

Of course the grommet on the hard drive side would be tight as a mule.

Is it worth putting in the rubber grommet screws or should I just return them?

I've never tried rubber grommets but I find the Nexux Doubletwin works great. You'll need an empty 5.25 bay though.

[larsolsen]

not useless, and can in fact have quite an effect, but suspending the drive takes about the same amount of work, and gives an even greater noise reduction. I only use the rubber mounts when there is no room to suspend the drive.
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[fcastro]

thanks for the links

The bungee cords look very interesting.