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?

  • ososobaOPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

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    This looks interesting, I have so many questions!

    I assume it takes up two slots that way instead of one right?

    Did you screw through the rubber stoppers? Or are you just using pressure from the knots to keep the HDD in place? I see screws resting on the stoppers but it doesn’t look like they go through it.

    How well has it been holding up? Looks like you’ve had it for over a year now. And would something like this work?