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Cooling 2 74GB Raptors? Problem?

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Shock_Hunter

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Hi, i'm concidering buying 2 74GB raptors but im concerned about them overheating. How hot do these drives run and do they need any active cooling on them?

My case is pretty tight so the drives will be directly next to each other.. Problem? or can they work fine without active cooling ? :confused:
 
Makre sure there is some sort of airflow on them. They will get hot and will be more prone to failing, but that's true with any harddrive and heat.
 
with cooling, my single raptor runs at ~34c (everest reads 29-31c but i think the thermal probes more accurate)

imo active cooling on the hd is very necessary, especially if u have the two drives sitting next to eachother
 
Thx for the replys, i'll have to try and get some cooling on them when they arrive then.. could be tricky with my pos case but ill try.. :)
 
A dremel, some rubber seals for isolating the fan from the case, and a pen can quickly add cooling to *any* case.
 
xdkimx said:
with cooling, my single raptor runs at ~34c (everest reads 29-31c but i think the thermal probes more accurate)

imo active cooling on the hd is very necessary, especially if u have the two drives sitting next to eachother
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What is this 'everest' you're referring to? Does it pull some sort of temperature data from a thermistor within the Raptor?
 
Yeah, unless you're using a :mad: Promise :mad: PCI RAID controller like I am. Milage varies. If you're using an onboard SATA controller not in RAID, it should work. Also, Everest's temperature reading abilities isn't limited to Raptors, it should work with any hard drive that puts out that S.M.A.R.T. info.

Shock_Hunter is getting two 74GB Raptors. I hope you're not thinking to RAID 0 them, unless you happen to deal with very big files on a regular basis. RAID 0 doesn't really help for anything else.
 
i have a 36gb raptor and my temps are 33 C at load, dunno what my idles are, i would have to report back on that. i wonder how low it would drop if i put a fan there.
 
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