Anybody who has had hard drives whining and buzzing away in your pc case will know how damn irritating it is!
So, Ive devised a cheap, easy and effective way to suspend your drives. It may not be the best, but I looked around on other sites and decided to do one of my own.
Alot of the sites suggest using bungee cord which is a very effective dampener, but I didnt want to faff around with tying knots and I wanted it to look quite professional and easy to setup.
You'll need (all the stuff can be bought on ebay or diy stores):
- 7mm Hex Screwdriver
- 2.5mm Allen Key
- 4x 10mm M4 Button Head Allen Bolts
- 4x M4 Nylok Nuts
- 4x 5mm Rubber Lined P-Clips (this was the most expensive, I got a pack of 20 for £6 off ebay, whereas in a motorbike shop, they wanted £3 for EACH!)
- 2x Hairbands (approx 4.5cm in diameter and about 4mm thickness)
Assemble everything like so:
When you've screwed the bolts through the case and alls fitted, you can twist the bands and put the drive in and youre done!
I wanted to try to keep vibration to a minimum hench the use of rubber lined p-clips and nylok nuts to avoid self-unscrewing. The only problem I may have is the metal bit on the band might rattle on the top so I might tape it down. I didnt want it at the bottom in case it touches the live circuitry.
As drives may heat up as its no longer physically attached to the case which acts as a kind of heat sink, my next project is to fit aluminium heatsinks to the sides of the drives to cool.
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