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I ordered a build from a company that helps build according to specs. It's a super fast system (specs in the image). 

 

However, I wanted it to be a high stability system with as low sound levels as possible. But the entire rig is kinda vibrating, probably because of the fans, and they can clearly be heard. I'm a bit worried that the vibration throughout the rig will affect the drives badly. The fans are four Noctua fans, two in the front, one at the bottom and one in the back, while the radiator for the Kraken is set to the top (they didn't change the fans to Noctua fans for some reason, but they will be changed out to Noctua fans as well). It's like I can hear the vibrating sound from across the room. 

 

Why is this happening?

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You could get some rubber washers and put them between the fans and the case to see if that helps but the vibrations won't really damage the hard drives unless they are being jolted a lot, you're generally safe in that regards. Drives are more resistant to vibrations than they used to be, especially the Gold and Red drives.

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sound of vibration? Are you sure it's not the drives that are doing it or coil whine from the PSU or GPU? Or even just the sound of the water pump running.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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On 2018-08-18 at 4:45 PM, Jurrunio said:

sound of vibration? Are you sure it's not the drives that are doing it or coil whine from the PSU or GPU? Or even just the sound of the water pump running.

I've checked out everything and the fans seem ok, instead it's the drives as you say, or at least one drive. My setup is a 10TB MAIN work drive (aside from the internal SSD with Windows) and three 6TBs that are put in a RAID0 for speed when working with high resolution video. Two of these three 6TB drives work like the 10TB, but the top one is the single drive that creates this motor vibrating sound and vibrate the entire rig. It's like it's going to take off. I'm not sure why, but when it shuts down, it does this sound (attached file). I've sent the same to the vendor I bought the system from. 

 

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42 minutes ago, Glazarus said:

I've checked out everything and the fans seem ok, instead it's the drives as you say, or at least one drive. My setup is a 10TB MAIN work drive (aside from the internal SSD with Windows) and three 6TBs that are put in a RAID0 for speed when working with high resolution video. Two of these three 6TB drives work like the 10TB, but the top one is the single drive that creates this motor vibrating sound and vibrate the entire rig. It's like it's going to take off. I'm not sure why, but when it shuts down, it does this sound (attached file). I've sent the same to the vendor I bought the system from. 

 

sounddrive.mp3

The 'head' (the one that scratches the disk platters) sometimes makes noise like that when it works, especially when you turn it off because the operating system saves its files to the drive, though it's odd for it to do that when you have an SSD as boot drive.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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14 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

The 'head' (the one that scratches the disk platters) sometimes makes noise like that when it works, especially when you turn it off because the operating system saves its files to the drive, though it's odd for it to do that when you have an SSD as boot drive.

This is not the sound I'm referring to. The sound in that file, after the "click" when the computer is turned off, the computer is off, it has no power through it. The clicking sound when it spins down to a halt is after the power is totally off. None of the other drives does this sound and it's doing it while the disc is slowing down.

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2 hours ago, Glazarus said:

This is not the sound I'm referring to. The sound in that file, after the "click" when the computer is turned off, the computer is off, it has no power through it. The clicking sound when it spins down to a halt is after the power is totally off. None of the other drives does this sound and it's doing it while the disc is slowing down.

that 'springy' sound and buzz that follows the first tap? that sounds like sth spinning (not sure if it's fans, sounds too heavy to be the plastic fan blades and hubs) is slightly off-balance.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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On 2018-08-21 at 3:45 AM, Jurrunio said:

that 'springy' sound and buzz that follows the first tap? that sounds like sth spinning (not sure if it's fans, sounds too heavy to be the plastic fan blades and hubs) is slightly off-balance.

The retail who bult this confirmed and I'm getting a new first drive. So I will check if it works after that.

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New HDD should be near silent and if properly mounted have no noticeable vibration.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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