New HD Silencer: Grow Up Japan - Smart Drive Neo

[yensteel]

http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/produc ... ive-neo-qq

Found this on the quietpc website. I can't really tell when it came out.

[thepwner]

Really? 100 US dollars? Call me cheap but I am never going to spend 100 dollars on a hard drive enclosure...

[yensteel]

Yes, it's quite expensive compared to other solutions. That makes things even better for some of us. It might mean that it's the new king. Some of us might be interested.

I also hope that the price will go down.

[PartEleven]

I don't see how a high price is ever a good thing for the consumer. Unless you are equating price with quality, which is not always true.

[yensteel]

I'm Just being optimistic there. It is possible that the Neo would be worse than the 2002c in terms of silencing and cooling.

[Moon GT]

And I thought the original Smart Drive was expensive...

[Munters]

The price is high for what's basically just a disk box.
They claim a noise reduction (which I do believe) and a heat reduction too. For one reason or another I don't believe this last claim.

On the site they "explain" the cooling possibilities as follows:
1. Others do use heatpipes, holes or vents. They don't.
2. Google research did not found a consistent pattern of failing drives running at relative high temperatures. So a hot drive is not a problem.

Conclusion:

[~El~Jefe~]

well, this is a nice product that is about 70 dollars higher than it shoud be


I would even buy it if it was awesome and 49.99

thats about 100+ dollars USA currency!