Enclosure for 2.5" drives?

stigmata · Post by **stigmata** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:12 am

Hi all
I have two 5200.4 80gb Momentus 2.5" Sata drives currently sitting on foam near the lowest pci slots in my 3700bqe case. They idle at about 23-25Â° and I'm satisfied but I want more... as I can still hear those babies. What can I do? I've tried to pack 'em up in foam and put them between two optical drives: no noise but they run HOT and I'm a litte worried about this.
I've no intake fan and no HD & floppy cage, the WC pump sits there (and I'll try to put it in some enclosure sooner or later, I know...)

What do you suggest for my HDs? I'd like to put them into something, to eliminate che noise I still hear... but where? I've seen the Nexus Drive-A-Way which is suitable for 2,5" hard disks too... but is it effective?

Thanks, ciao!

Francesco

Post by **MikeC** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:41 am

You say the idle at 23-25Â° and you think they are too hot???

The way to quiet them completely is to enclose them in sound blocking material, and then suspend the whole thing with elastic cord. Then run a very slow quiet 120mm fan in front of them; you probably won't hear this. What kind of sound damping material? How about rubber?

This is an SPCR DIY project.
This is a Scythe rubber box that came a year or two after.
I'm sure you can make one for 2.5" HDDs.

stigmata · Post by **stigmata** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:29 pm

MikeC wrote:You say the idle at 23-25Â° and you think they are too hot???

The way to quiet them completely is to enclose them in sound blocking material, and then suspend the whole thing with elastic cord. Then run a very slow quiet 120mm fan in front of them; you probably won't hear this. What kind of sound damping material? How about rubber?

This is an SPCR DIY project.
This is a Scythe rubber box that came a year or two after.
I'm sure you can make one for 2.5" HDDs.

Hi Mike, thanks for your reply.

I mean that I've tried to enclose them in foam (something like this, used for shipping computers... I don't know the right name) but the temperature was too high, I touched the disks and they were very very hot. This happened a week ago.
After that, I removed the disks from the foam tomb and now they are not enclosed, they just sit on a foam layer (to prevent vibrations) in the back zone of my pc and the temperature is around 25Â° in idle, which is obviously good for me... but I can still hear them.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, I hope it's clear now... my english is not so good

I'll give a look at the links, hope to get some ideas on how to proceed

Thankyou again.
Ciao!
Francesco

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:05 am

How about a Scythe Quiet Drive 2.5 SQD2.5-1000

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:44 am

winguy wrote:How about a Scythe Quiet Drive 2.5 SQD2.5-1000

That's awesome! I want one. I hope they make it to the European market soon, because as it looks now they're only available in Japan.

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:13 am

One forum member has used a hard sided PSP case (the kind you store a PSP in) to enclose his 2.5" HDD with.

I can't find the link, but I thought it was a rather ingenious solution. It obviously wont' win any thermal dissipation awards, but you could remove the foam and pack the inside with gelpacks if you really want some heat transfer. You could then suspend the entire enclosure or set it on some foam.

IsaacKuo · Post by **IsaacKuo** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:48 am

You're thinking of this:

PSP case 2.5" drive silencer How-To

I've used this technique to make three 2.5" enclosures, containing 40gig drives of various makes/models. I'm happy to report that they're still holding up perfectly well. Just make sure to use non-drying wax based clay!

stigmata · Post by **stigmata** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:11 am

Hi all, thanks for the up and for the links

IsaacKuo, do you know the temperatures of your hard drives with the PSP enclosures? I'd like to stay under 40Â°... Thankyou!

Ciao!
Francesco

EDIT: I've sent an email to Scythe.co.jp asking info about Quiet Drive 2.5

IsaacKuo · Post by **IsaacKuo** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:20 am

No, but bear in mind that 2.5" drives are engineered to survive being entombed within a laptop computer with no airflow.

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:38 pm

stigmata: did you get a reply from Scythe JP yet?

stigmata · Post by **stigmata** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:11 pm

yes, they said that the Quiet Drive 2.5 should be available in europe from mid-may

CyberDog · Post by **CyberDog** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:25 pm

I would wait for that Scythe. I have that Nexus Drive-a-way. It's not that effective. At least with normal drive. It silenced a bit but not enough. And the temps rise a bit too.

Per Hansson · Post by **Per Hansson** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:52 am

Anyone seen this thing in Europe yet?

It would be awsome for use in my Dreambox satellite receiver, as it is the WD Scorpio WD1200VE is a bit noisy for my taste, might be ok for a computer in a normal computer room but not in a receiver in the bedroom...

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Mon May 28, 2007 6:20 am

Per Hansson wrote:Anyone seen this thing in Europe yet?

It would be awsome for use in my Dreambox satellite receiver, as it is the WD Scorpio WD1200VE is a bit noisy for my taste, might be ok for a computer in a normal computer room but not in a receiver in the bedroom...

No I haven't seen it anywhere.

I e-mailed Scythe Europe on the 7th, and was told it would show up "within 2 weeks". I guess that information was inaccurate.

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:30 am

Has anyone spotted Scythe's 2.5" drive anywhere? I haven't even seen it on any of the pictures from Scythe's Computex stand...

Looks like it's not gonna make it out of Japan.

Mike3325 · Post by **Mike3325** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:14 am

I have two computers, each with Momentus 160 G drives in Nexus Drive A Way enclosures and you have to have your ear within three inches to hear them. It is a really, really, quiet solution. In my quietest computer, I have a fanless power supply and two undervolted 120 mm Nexus fans and I have never heard the hard drive. Highly recommended.

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:19 pm

SWEET

http://cgi.ebay.com/Scythe-SQD2-5-1000- ... otohosting

Don't go buying all of these now, I still need to get a friend in the US to order 2 for me and I don't want them sold out.

Per Hansson · Post by **Per Hansson** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:01 pm

Sweet, bought two

Thanks allot for the heads up!

Moogles · Post by **Moogles** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:59 am

Per Hansson wrote:Sweet, bought two

Thanks allot for the heads up!

No prob.

Question, how much did they guy rip you off on S&H fees? He's asking $55 to ship to the Netherlands... I can't imagine Sweden being any less.

I'm getting a friend to buy them for me but it'll probably be about the same amount in total shipping.

Per Hansson · Post by **Per Hansson** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:05 pm

Yea, S&H is always a ripoff when buying off eBay

He wanted 60$ in shipping, though that was for 2 of em

I'll be sure to post back how much the shipping really cost him once I get the thing

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:50 am

newegg has the scythe quiet drive 2.5's now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817984003

$40

SebRad · Post by **SebRad** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:05 pm

Also in stock at QuietPC.com in UK. I believe they will ship to Europe etc as they have other countries on their home page.
Seb

kater · Post by **kater** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:29 am

You can buy SQD 2.5" in Poland, too, should you, for some pervert reason, want to ship from here

Point is, it's nice to have it here as I'm pondering getting a Momentus 5400.3 120GB and in case I'm in for a disappointment, I'll have a ready solution. And will be a very poor man afterwards

EDIT

Notice you can put your superquiet 2.5" drive into this small SQD, and then you can put this assembly into the big 3.5" SQD.

Wicked