Case fan vibrations are harmful ?

[shioriharu]

Hello!
I just installed 2x CM blademaster 120 and theyre doing a splendid job, but my case vibrates so much now, and slightly the whole desk with it. It's not as much as a dualshock controller, but one can easily feel it. Wanna ask if its harmful for the HDD or is it negligible ?

 

[muddyparrot]

It will be fine, if it is bothering you get some small pieces of rubber (bike inner tube, washing up glove) and put them between the fan and chassis should stop almost all the vibrating.

 

[shioriharu]

I have those installed, they came included. Thanks for information

 

[Chugalug_]

It can be a little harmful to HDD disk rotation over time if you have a low quality budget hard drive.
What you describe sounds like a bit of an issue....
Get some fans with rubber padding, or a case with vibration resistant padding to prevent potential damage.
Alternatively, you can as mentioned above just stick some rubber in between, but often the effect of this can be negligible, and not very effective.
You might have to put it in between the panels which then may compromise cooling or airflow if the panel isn't designed to have rubber or padding in between.
Some good cheap ones are the Corsair SP120s, which come in a twin pack for $25.