Still going on about the sonata DM!! Beginning to think it would have been a worthwhile investment now! The drive isn't mounted that badly, and I don't mind the hdd seek noise that much (non-existent in DVD playback, or TV viewing) but the spin noise from the drive gets me! Pretty much doubles the case noise
DM - I have bin lookin a the Antec Sonata, What features do you like and what don't ya like so much..... Pros for Antec Sonata 120 Fan Option HD fixing Paint job ?? Cons No removable Mobo tray ?? Still like the look of the Lian-Li PC 6070 Cheers Matty
pros the 380w PSU is worth quite a bit on its own. Nice and quiet PSU controls fan speed on 120mm's cons Fewer drive bays than some cases
The holes actually help give a little more airflow to the psu leaving the main airflow largely straigth through to the back 120mm fan. WHich gives it quick smooth airflow and very good cooling. Each of my rigs, 2.4C@3.4C with a 9800 pro and 3 hd's run right next to silent levels(9800 pro being loudest by far) with just the included rear fan. Have slk 800's on that and same setup yet 2500+, both run sub 45C's full load with a 25dba/32cfm fan at around 7v, so minimal airflow. Only 4 drives, but i've run 4 in there fine, TBH not many people are gonna run more than 4 drives. SOme of the main advantages that you'd just have to see to get, lots of space behind drive bays for cables and stuff, which really does help. Errm, nowt really that i can find wrong with it. I like the pain looks, hugely bright blue led lights. Personally i won't pay for an alu case, as they aren't better for cooling, jsut lighter, maybe for a lan but this case is short anyway, and not too bad, good size to get a good grip on. HIghland3r, yeah, i don't htink i'll give up till everyone has at least one. You pretty much got it three with the pro/cons list. The psu can actually control as many fans as you want, 2 connectors, but they recommend only up to 3 i believe. Very quite psu, and more than enough to clock any system to the max with plenty of drives and highest current drawing spec. Guess the last major thing is price, after PSU its about £20-25 for the case, which, what i believe to be the best design available right now, i just couldn't buy an alu case for £70 up to £200 for lightness alone.
Clockworks, finally installed silentdrive thismorning, but the thermometer they sent was a big buggered, from 34-49°C were already black Anyhow, installed it, and ran sandra hdd bench 3 times, then defragged finally 10gb file copy. Thermometer hadn't blackened any more of the temps, would you say this is ok temp wise.... Shouldn't reach 65°C surely.... Darn good, much less noise
Sounds like the thermometer strip got a bit hot during shipping! I think most HDDs are rated to 55c. Since you are showing below 49c that should be fine. Since my last post in this thread I have modified my silentdrive. I cut a piece off a standard AMD aluminium heatsink and bolted it to the wider "coldplate". Despite the hot weather, HDD temps are still around 40c with the small fan turning on at 39c. Cheers
Gonna stick a temp sensor on the hotplate, will that give a reasonably accurate idea of temps? Ie add 5°C on to get the drive temp? Found ventilation also reduces the hot plate temps, so drill here we come
In a vacuum, the temperature of the external part of the plate would be the same as the HDD itself. In real-life, the temperature of the plate will vary from that of the HDD (inside the enclosure) to room/case temp at the point that the plate makes contact with the case. Heat is conducted through the plate, then is carried away from the plate by convection (varies with airflow) and radiation. The further away from the enclosure, the cooler the plate will be. Basically, you can only measure relative changes outside the enclosure, not the absolute temperature- you can see how airflow and ventilation affect the exposed part of the plate, but that will not really tell you what is happening inside the enclosure. The only way to be sure is to put the sensor inside the enclosure (that's what I did). Cheers
Dammit Ok, will get around to it sometime... darn IDE ribbon is breaking up and don't wanna fiddle around with it too many mroe times... Do you recon I even need to bother, the hot plate never gets that hot anyway (quite warm to touch, never 55°C hot tho) if your drive is ok, we have identical cases/drives so can't see there being an extra 10°C difference...
I reckon if you just drill a few holes in the bay blanking plate to let some air flow over the plates you should be fine. I would think that if the drive started to get too hot you would get freezing or BSOD before it suffered any permanent damage. Keep an eye on it for a few days. Just to be sure, don't leave the PC on overnight until you are happy all is OK. Cheers
Cheers m8 got a 3yr warranty anyway, so should be ok Will drill some holes later, maybe add a small fan or summit.
Too noisy to leave on overnight anyway, darn sunon fan even on 7v still noisy. Doesn't get left on when I'm not at home, incase it smokes itself.
