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MODTHEBOX would like to thank May from 7zoneUSA for sending the 7zoneUSA PC DIY Kits for review.

7zoneUSA is a professional manufacturer of PC DIY since 1989. The company is always striving to ensure the latest cutting edge technology for their clients with a wide variety of cooling devices and computer cases every year. New to the consumer market are DIY kits designed to reduce noises caused by operating hardware. Here is a list of specifications taken directly from the 7zoneUSA website:

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The DIY-KM319 PC Anti-Vibration Kit, DIY-RSW01 Compact Hardware Assortment Kit and DIY-RHF03 H.D.D Mounting Bracket kirs arrived in good condition and was shipped in cardboard packaging via UPS. Each kit is sealed in a plastic protective bag and designed to hang on a hook for easy merchandising. The inner contents of the DIY-KM319 PC Anti-Vibration Kit and DIY-RSW01 Compact Hardware Assortment Kit are contained in a hard plastic divided clamshell container. Since these products is self explanatory no instructions are included in the package.

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A closer inspection of the DIY-RSW01 Compact Hardware Assortment Kit reveals a larger assortment of mounting screws for the PC technician on the go. 7zoneUSA has done a good job of providing a wide variety of screws that can be deployed for system builds and maintenance. Included in the package are hard drive, fan, and drive bay screws as well as rubber grommets, zip ties and nylon washers. In order to further enhance the package there are several screws that have been outfitted with anti-vibration washers in order to stop noise when you need a quiet operating environment.

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For consumers concerned with noisy computing environments; 7zoneUSA has addressed this issue with the release of the DIY-KM319 Scewkit 10. The Screwkit 10 is a complete and compact PC anti-vibration kit designed specifically for hard drive and fan vibration elimination. Inside the kit are all the essentials which includes 4 rubber feet for the bottom of the case, 8 hard drive rubber inserts and screws, 8 short fan mounts, 12 long fan mounts, and 20 pieces of sponge washers.

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The last kit provided in the evaluation package is the DIY-RHF03 H.D.D Mounting Bracket for 3.5" to 5.25". This is a simple yet handy kit which allows consumers to install 3.5" based hard drives into 5.25" drive bays. Two mounting brackets which measure 3.6" x 0.7" x 1.0" are provided in the package and attach to each side of the hard drive using four mounting screws. Four additional vibration absorbing rubbers have also been included in order to reduce vibration from other installed devices at the same time.