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      05-03-2016, 10:49 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by duck fat View Post
Positive.

The reasons I can think of off the top of my head to explain the sudden increase in noise is that the vibrations from the hard drive is causing the entire case to resonate and amplify the noise or the new case is much thinner than the old case so it doesn't do as good of a job to dampen the noise.

How is the drive installed in the case? Is it screwed directly to metal? Are there any any physical differences in construction between the new and old case? Does the new one feel thinner than the old?
Yes, the drives are screwed directly into the metal. And the new case definitely feels thinner (it's MUCH lighter) than the old case. The old PC has these handy brackets around the drives so you could swap them quickly:



Damn it. That riles me. You'd think newer = better.
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