[mythtv-users] Hard drive recommendation

[steve at nexusuk.org]

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On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, James L. Paul wrote:

> Cheap O-rings can work fine. Actually, I've never heard noticeable noise from 
> a drive itself from more that a foot outside the case that rubber-mounting 
> would fix. There simply isn't much audio-frequency vibration for most drives 

The (temporary) drive I have in the box ATM whines quite loudly, which 
resonates through the case.  If I hold the drive in my hand instead of 
letting it touch the case then it's much quieter.  Of course, the drive I 
have in there ATM is one that was running for quite a while in one of the 
servers at work and was replaced because we thought it was probably about 
to die - it is much noisier than my old 80 gig drive that did die.

> to transfer to the chassis. My problem is heat dissipation, and 
> rubber-mounting a drive is like insulating it from transferring heat to the 
> chassis. Remember, the drive mounting cage or brackets are usually the 
> primary "heatsink" that cools the drive. The metal contact along both sides 
> of the drive drains _way_ more heat from the mechanism than moving air with a 

Hmm..  I never thought about the heat dissipation problem...  I have a 
couple of old P200 heatsinks kicking around here so I might try mounting 
them on the drive to see if that dissipates the heat if it proves to be a 
problem.

> fan. Fans are the primary noise source in every machine I've built. I've had 

I've got a Zalman heatsink on the CPU with the CPU fan running at minimum 
speed and a QuietPC PSU.  I think the PSU fan is probably the noisiest 
part of the PC, but I don't think I can do much about that since I 
need the air flow generated by the PSU fan to keep some air flow going 
through the case.  The CPU temperature is about 55 degrees, which is 
higher than I would usually have in a noisy machine, but I don't think 
it's really a problem.

> By the way, you are digitally signing your posts, but your key isn't on any of 
> the usual keyservers. What keyserver do you use so I can tell my system where 
> to go to update my keychain? There's not much point to using signatures if 
> nobody can validate your key. ;)

I haven't got around to putting it on a key server yet, although it's 
available on my website.  Which keyserver would you recommend BTW?

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 - Steve                                             http://www.nexusuk.org/

     Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence

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