The Grow Up Japan drive enclosures are good at conducting heat, so you get the benefit of sound dampening without sacrificing longevity. Yes, I've installed one in my desktop.
I have noticed for years how my Mac laptops are very quiet. When I go into a conference with someone who has a Windows laptop you can constantly hear hear the hd making noise. It wasn't until when running vmware that my hd would make noise that I put it together. Any idea what Windows is doing?
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The Grow Up Japan drive enclosures are good at conducting heat, so you get the benefit of sound dampening without sacrificing longevity. Yes, I've installed one in my desktop.