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patrickl:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on May 13, 2008, 10:25:09 pm ---Ive not have any drives fail (several years).   Ive had 4 drives hooked
up in my custom case for over 3yrs.  And for about 3 yrs, have had 8 drives hooked up in
my new case mod.

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Google did their report based on 100,000 drives. They actually found that drives with abnormally low temperatures (cooler than 30C) had the highest failure rates.

They found that the most reliable operating temperature for a drive is somewehere between 37 and 43 degrees celcius.

I have never seen a 64GB compact flash for sale, but if they were then I would guess (based on 32GB CF prices) they would cost somewhere between $300 and $600. Silencing your harddrive is a much cheaper option. A normal hard disk also doesn't have the hassle of trying to prevent disk writes as much as possible.
Minwah:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 13, 2008, 11:58:29 pm ---The largest compact flash cards out there now are 64 GB.

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I thought it was 4GB...guess I am a bit behind  ::)

But still, you can get a terrabyte HDD for next to nothing nowadays...
Lilwolf:
btw, defrag will help the noise a lot...  (and try and make the chd extra files (whatever they are called) at the end of the drive)

and you shouldn't really be hitting the drive while playing a game...

but I bet you could easily make a platform with mini shocks on them... then mound your drive bay on that.  Bit of rubber tubing, nailing board to that.....  Then drive on board.  (nail -> rubber -> board with whole -> rubber -> cabinet in 4 spots... then mount the drive on the board...
Xiaou2:

 Who is to say that Google's report is accurate?   Whos to say that they dont have some
behind the scenes deal with HD people?    Whos to know if the UPS guy drop kicked some of
those drives?   Whos to know if the companies that send them,  or the employees that install
them are not grounded to prevent static discharge - thus damaging the controllers?
There is a wealth of data that is missing and can never be known.. yet you accept it as
solid fact?   

 Who has more to gain by fudged numbers?   Certainly not me.   I dont sell HDs, nor case fans... nor
am I a billionaire.   

 You believe what you want to believe.  Ill go by my own experiences and logical deductions.

CheffoJeffo:
If the drive is getting noisier (as you seem to suspect), it may well be on its way to failure ... building it a hammock should probably rank behind making a backup and getting a replacement drive.

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