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In article <sheldon.726267242@vincent2.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes:
> There was some discussion on here a while back regarding the noise level of
>Western Digital harddrives. 
[...]
> In conclusion: I find from this that drive noise is directly related to
>case style, and location of the drive within the case.  Certain cases and
>drive positions will dampen the vibrations and noise made by a HD, others
>will reverberate with certain drives and make noise levels worse.
> Without testing different drives and different case styles it is going to
>be difficult to identify beforehand whether a drive/case combination is
>going to be "noisy" or "quiet".  Usually this experimentation can only
>affordably be performed by OEM's.
> On a side note we have one case where if the 3.5" drive is installed in one
>drive bay it's quiet, if installed in another drive bay it's very noisy.
>-- 
>sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon

I'd have to agree with your conclusions. One smart solution I've seen on
some desktop models is to mount the hard disk at the rear of the enclosure
underneath the power supply.  The power supply still bolts onto the back
panel as usual, but it's made more compact than usual so there's enough room
underneath to mount a 3.5" hard disk. Dell uses this type of arrangement
on some of their desktops and they are unusually quiet (IMHO). Some
other desktop cases might also offer that mounting option.

- Ted D.