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Fractal Define 7 XL or R5 case for lower HDD noise? (alien.top)
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I've watched several YT videos reviewing both cases but nothing that explicitly calls out the noise levels with several HDDs running.

I'm about to rebuild my unraid server and looking to buy the 7XL or R5, I already have 6 HDDs and will likely add some more in over time. At the moment, the server will need to be in my home office sitting 3 - 4ft away from me and I'm trying to understand how much noise isolation I can expect. Most of my drives are WD Blue 8TB but I have one Exos X16 14TB for parity. I've seen reviewes of the R5 that show some kind of dampening on the panels but I didn't see that with the 7 XL.

Anyone with some experience with these cases able to comment?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, which noises does the hgst make? Asking because the noises I had issues with didn't seem like vibrations of the drive itself or it hitting any metal. It was clicks from the drive head parking or something like that, which is a feature on newer, particularly larger hard drives from what I understand, I don't think thicker rubber would really have any impact on the sound itself tbh