Xilencer HDD Silencer-Cooler or Smart Drive 2002C Enclosure
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Xilencer HDD Silencer-Cooler or Smart Drive 2002C Enclosure
I'm looking to buy one of these enclosures for my Raptor 74GB but not sure which one is better. Anyone have any experience with the Xilencer from AC Ryan? They seem quite similar cept from what I have read, the the back of the Xilencer is not pre-cut and you use a pen knife to custom cut it to fit your hard drive which to me has an advantage of the Smart Drive 2002C. But the 2002C however is a hybrid of aluminum/copper which should give a better thermal conduction because of the added copper.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
I have trouble believing this. Even No Vibes III transmits vibrations, and there is no way this decouples as well as a No Vibes.Anti-vibration
not only does the Xilence produce zero noise and silences, the Xilencer ALSO ensures that the hdd does not pass on its vibration to the casing. The vibration between the hdd and casing often causes noise and also turns the casing into a "noise production instrument" - such is the design details that Xilencer takes care of. Xilencer IS serious no-noise.
Err, back to the question... I can't say which is better but watch your HDD temps with either, and set it on some foam. Even the 2002C is only made to cool 7200RPM HDDs.
My absolutely wortheless and unfounded opinion is to go with the 2002C.
Are there any stores near you that caries them? In that case I would go look at them and buy the heaviest of the two. High mass is a great way to silence something.
Other than that, I was thinking about buying a Xilencer earlier, so I looked around the net for reviews. Couldn't find any. In the end I never bought one since I decided I should go with watercooling my computer.
Oh, and Trip: I actually think that if the Xilencer is heavy enogh, it could lower the resonence frequencys so that the noise would be inaaudible. Haven't seen it though.
Other than that, I was thinking about buying a Xilencer earlier, so I looked around the net for reviews. Couldn't find any. In the end I never bought one since I decided I should go with watercooling my computer.
Oh, and Trip: I actually think that if the Xilencer is heavy enogh, it could lower the resonence frequencys so that the noise would be inaaudible. Haven't seen it though.
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No I don't think there's any stores around me that carry them. I can't really weigh either of the two because I don't know of any stores around me that carry them. The best I can do is probably wait around for a review on it before I can compare it to the Smart Drive 2002C.ascii wrote:Are there any stores near you that caries them? In that case I would go look at them and buy the heaviest of the two. High mass is a great way to silence something.
Other than that, I was thinking about buying a Xilencer earlier, so I looked around the net for reviews. Couldn't find any. In the end I never bought one since I decided I should go with watercooling my computer.
Oh, and Trip: I actually think that if the Xilencer is heavy enogh, it could lower the resonence frequencys so that the noise would be inaaudible. Haven't seen it though.
So you plan on watercooling your hard drives?
How about this enclosure which supports 10,000rpm drives:
http://www.silentmaxx.de/sm-hd.php
They have an english site too, but I don't have time to find it right now.
http://www.silentmaxx.de/sm-hd.php
They have an english site too, but I don't have time to find it right now.
Yep, that's the plan. There are HDD-cages for silencing and watercooling your drives, but they're expensive, I can't find any reviews of them, two of them woudln't fit in my case and they don't look they'd completely silence a disk. If my homebuilt cage doesn't work out I guess I'll have to buy one, we'll see.So you plan on watercooling your hard drives?
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I have one of the AC Ryan Xilencers on me; they sent me a sample for review, even though I've never communicated with them, ever. I didn't really plan on doing a serious review of it, but you guys request it, I can send it over to Mike for him to check it out; I don't think it would make too much sense for me to review it, at this point, when Mike can provide concrete numbers using his SLM.
Yes! A comparative review would be great. I would also want to see a comparison with how well elastic bands quiet the disc, and I would like to see the tests performed with a a HDD with a noticable whine.
While whe're on this topic, it seems that the huge variations in sound levels between HDDs of the same type mean that for any test to be useful, moere than just one disc would be needed.
While whe're on this topic, it seems that the huge variations in sound levels between HDDs of the same type mean that for any test to be useful, moere than just one disc would be needed.
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What would really be nice is a hard drive silencing enclosure round up. Find the most popular enclosures (such as the ones mentioned above) made to silence hard drives and use a reference drive to test just how well the enclosures can "silence" the drive as well as keeping it at a stable operating temperature.
I agree with peerke, silencing a quiet drive is relatively easy, and wouldn't provide much differentiation between drive silencers. A Raptor, with it's 10,000 RPM spin speed, quicker, louder seeks and greater heat production would provide a much tougher challenge for a drive silencer. Even if we don't want to buy a Raptor, it still provides a more useful tool for evaluating the silencers.
I think a lot depends on what's available to review.
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... 6a6#110566
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewto ... 6a6#110566
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Hey there,
We sent you two Xilencers for you to review, one to you, Mike, and one to Edward in NY. I still hope you are able to review it though. If you need help or more info of this product, contact me... you know my email
Greetings,
Mike
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We sent you two Xilencers for you to review, one to you, Mike, and one to Edward in NY. I still hope you are able to review it though. If you need help or more info of this product, contact me... you know my email
Greetings,
Mike
for AC Ryan - modding & gaming your way to performance PC
www.acryan.com
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Mike's working on it, and he is doing a super-duper bang-up job of it, with several interesting new features in the review that will surprise you. Please try to wait patiently for it, as I promise you it will be worth the wait!
Too bad I didn't ask for permission to let you guys in on the precise details of new developments from Mike's lab, but they are really awesome!!!
Too bad I didn't ask for permission to let you guys in on the precise details of new developments from Mike's lab, but they are really awesome!!!
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Here is another review here
Yes lets hope the review is out soon as I have been waiting quite patient.
Yes lets hope the review is out soon as I have been waiting quite patient.
Tee hee -- the translation begins well:slimeballzz wrote:Here is another review here
Yes lets hope the review is out soon as I have been waiting quite patient.
Original:
Autor: Joaquin Arias Hurtado
Translation
Author: Stolen Joaquin Aryan
I just love machine translations
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Hmm... still nothing huh?... I would like to see a review of the XTOR Xilencer now. We hoped we could get things done nice and smooth when sending out two XTOR's. I hope you can give me a review soon.
Thanks
Mike
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Thanks
Mike
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