Granite to Silence

sevisehda · 08-31-2003, 01:21 AM

So the other day I was wondering around and found myself in an environmental testing lab. I saw this huge chunk of granite sitting on a stand and asked myself why a huge rock would be in the middle of such a high tech lab. I later found out they use it to reduce vibration. So I thought to myself what would happen if I put a huge chunk of stone in the box. First of all it would never be taken to a LAN again. But I'm not sure as to weather or not it would dampen the noise enough to warrant actually doing it. Anyone here have any experience with these vibration dampening stones?

KnightElite · 08-31-2003, 01:56 AM

Why not try it, and if it doesn't work you could always take the rock back out.....

But if your case is vibrating and causing noise, it definitely should help, yes.

Boli · 08-31-2003, 04:33 AM

Washing machines use a huge lump of concrete in the bottom to stop vibration (and walking around the room)... but sticking a heavy lump of material at the bottom of your case won't do you any good (unless of course you have a computer that shakes).

~ Boli

Zhentar · 08-31-2003, 10:48 AM

if you have vibrations, its better to target them at the source: isolation mount the fans with something like the EAR isolators, and suspension mount the hard drives with elastic string. Then you won't have any case vibrations, so you won't have to worry about a granite slab.

Boli · 08-31-2003, 11:07 AM

OMG just had this thought of a huge lump of granite with the inside of a computer carved into it... places for the drives/fans/PSU mobo with a perspex side panel all polshed up.

How GOOD would that look? It would be like art.

~ Boli

Rayman2k2 · 08-31-2003, 08:12 PM

What you could do is take a piece of granite, and rest the hdd on it (of course you could make side mounts and screw the hdd in there)...this could be an idea...

08-31-2003, 01:21 AM	#1
sevisehda Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 234	Granite to Silence So the other day I was wondering around and found myself in an environmental testing lab. I saw this huge chunk of granite sitting on a stand and asked myself why a huge rock would be in the middle of such a high tech lab. I later found out they use it to reduce vibration. So I thought to myself what would happen if I put a huge chunk of stone in the box. First of all it would never be taken to a LAN again. But I'm not sure as to weather or not it would dampen the noise enough to warrant actually doing it. Anyone here have any experience with these vibration dampening stones?

08-31-2003, 01:56 AM	#2
KnightElite Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Posts: 294	Why not try it, and if it doesn't work you could always take the rock back out..... But if your case is vibrating and causing noise, it definitely should help, yes. __________________ Can anyone else here say that they have a watercooled monster that's 45" tall?

08-31-2003, 04:33 AM	#3
Boli Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackburn / Dundee Posts: 451	Washing machines use a huge lump of concrete in the bottom to stop vibration (and walking around the room)... but sticking a heavy lump of material at the bottom of your case won't do you any good (unless of course you have a computer that shakes). ~ Boli __________________ 1800+ @ 2247 (214x10.5) - STABLE, 512MB PC3700 TwinX Cosair RAM, NF7-S v2.0, GeForce3 Ti200 Parallel BIM, 120.1 Thermochill, Eheim 1048, Maze 3, Maze4 GPU, "Z" chipset, 1/2" tubing, PC-70: 5x120mm & 9x80mm fans. Internet Server & second machine (folding 24/7): 512MB DDR RAM, XP2000+ Last edited by Boli; 08-31-2003 at 04:44 AM.

08-31-2003, 11:07 AM	#5
Boli Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackburn / Dundee Posts: 451	OMG just had this thought of a huge lump of granite with the inside of a computer carved into it... places for the drives/fans/PSU mobo with a perspex side panel all polshed up. How GOOD would that look? It would be like art. ~ Boli __________________ 1800+ @ 2247 (214x10.5) - STABLE, 512MB PC3700 TwinX Cosair RAM, NF7-S v2.0, GeForce3 Ti200 Parallel BIM, 120.1 Thermochill, Eheim 1048, Maze 3, Maze4 GPU, "Z" chipset, 1/2" tubing, PC-70: 5x120mm & 9x80mm fans. Internet Server & second machine (folding 24/7): 512MB DDR RAM, XP2000+

08-31-2003, 08:12 PM	#6
Rayman2k2 Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 190	What you could do is take a piece of granite, and rest the hdd on it (of course you could make side mounts and screw the hdd in there)...this could be an idea... __________________ -Insert Signature Here-

08-31-2003, 10:48 AM	#4
Zhentar Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 225	if you have vibrations, its better to target them at the source: isolation mount the fans with something like the EAR isolators, and suspension mount the hard drives with elastic string. Then you won't have any case vibrations, so you won't have to worry about a granite slab.

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