copper sandwitch for hd?

[Lt. Max]

i was thinking , man i think too much :D , if i could make a copper sandwitch for my hard drive. and then put thick foam on the sides to silence it, and leave the wired end empty for airing. that would make it quite a bit quieter right? i read here someone made an aluminum sandwitch, but it would work wit copper if im not wrong

[William]

actually, just isolating it via rubber or something from the cage will do a lot to quiet it down.

[paupton]

What is the copper for. R U going to use the copper as a heat sink to absorb heat. If so that will work but not as well as Aluminum as it dissipates heat faster. Also closing the top and bottom of the drive would cause it to heat up considerably and that can lead to failure.

[Lt. Max]

that aluminum dissipating heat faster is bs, copper has better heat transfer what ur saying is a made up story, so i read at least. closing top and bottom wont make it heat up cause it absorbs the heat and if it does heat up theres stil lair in the middle that can rise out i can even put a little fan to blow air in there. and i was thinking that the copper will reflect the noise to the foam and absorb its vibrations

[Diggrr]

Yes, I saw that too. The aluminum harddrive sandwich. (sounds yummy) Copper would work great for that, but aluminum wouldn't cost so much.
You also wouldn't be able to use the same harddrive mounts to give room for foam around the sides. A couple of L shaped brackets would let you mount it up in the case though.

[WarriorII]

ARGH !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now STOP IT ALREADY !!!! Geeeeeeeeez

Copper, Aluminum, Copper, Aluminum...............................


Wanna good Samitch????!
Ever wonder why they put copper "INSERTS" into aluminum HS's?

Put a copper plate (.025" thick) down on the HDD, THEN add your Heat disappator ontop of that !

The plate can be bought for less than $5.00 at ACE Hardware, and go find your own HS to put on it.

The Copper will absorb the Heat better and transfer it to the aluminum to be dispersiced.

When the 1st HS's were coming out like this, and I could not afford 1. I made my own HSF set up this way. Dropped temps by 5*C.

Use A.S. between the 2 to help.

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