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|kbn| · 02-20-2004, 09:30 PM

heat wont go from the mechanical part of the drive through the IC's to your w/c. the top will get too hot. thats where 80% or more of the heat is made... the top doesnt seem as hot though, thats becuase the heat is spread out to a large area..
i touched bottom of my 160gb maxtor (i couldnt see where i was touching btw) and there were a few very hot IC's, doubt they make much heat, but they odnt disipate very well under there....
so how about this idea? first teh drive is mounted in 5 1/4" bays, tbh i prefer them, they are easyer to get drives in and out of, and dont get in the way of compents on the mobo, like the 3.5" ones do.... this is good unless you have a LOT of drives. also means you can take out your 3.5" bays so that you can fit more w/c stuff in the bottom

pipe goes round the drive, using copper elbows, it goes all the way round exept for the back end where the conenctors are. then you get a piece of flat copepr sheet which is as long as the drive, and the width is the same as the drive + 2x the hieght. this allows you to bend it up the sides. you solder the pipe onto the sheet. the sheet also has screw holes for holding the drive. also the sheet has some kind of clip, so that this style of mounting is possible easly, http://www.spodesabode.com/content/a...hddnoise/print
also with the drive mounted, you can fit thick peices of packaging foam around it to reduce all of the niose - youve already got rid of the vibrations with the bands.
the only problem i can see is the tubing. i cant find anywhere selling 12mm OD copepr pipe, so im using 15mm which is standard size over hear... its the only pipe i can get.. tubing is 12mm ID, so that causes a problem. the tubing takes ages to fit on, but is possible with most tubing..

02-20-2004, 09:30 PM	#10
\|kbn\| Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: W. Sussex, UK Posts: 329	heat wont go from the mechanical part of the drive through the IC's to your w/c. the top will get too hot. thats where 80% or more of the heat is made... the top doesnt seem as hot though, thats becuase the heat is spread out to a large area.. i touched bottom of my 160gb maxtor (i couldnt see where i was touching btw) and there were a few very hot IC's, doubt they make much heat, but they odnt disipate very well under there.... so how about this idea? first teh drive is mounted in 5 1/4" bays, tbh i prefer them, they are easyer to get drives in and out of, and dont get in the way of compents on the mobo, like the 3.5" ones do.... this is good unless you have a LOT of drives. also means you can take out your 3.5" bays so that you can fit more w/c stuff in the bottom pipe goes round the drive, using copper elbows, it goes all the way round exept for the back end where the conenctors are. then you get a piece of flat copepr sheet which is as long as the drive, and the width is the same as the drive + 2x the hieght. this allows you to bend it up the sides. you solder the pipe onto the sheet. the sheet also has screw holes for holding the drive. also the sheet has some kind of clip, so that this style of mounting is possible easly, http://www.spodesabode.com/content/a...hddnoise/print also with the drive mounted, you can fit thick peices of packaging foam around it to reduce all of the niose - youve already got rid of the vibrations with the bands. the only problem i can see is the tubing. i cant find anywhere selling 12mm OD copepr pipe, so im using 15mm which is standard size over hear... its the only pipe i can get.. tubing is 12mm ID, so that causes a problem. the tubing takes ages to fit on, but is possible with most tubing..