Right now I use a Zalman ZM-2HC2 heatpipe cooler on both of my hard drives (both Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB SATA drives) I additionally have some drive bay coolers consisting of 3 40mm fans blowing over these drives. Do you think this is excessive...or not?
I ask because I'm running into some other heat-related issues and as a result I am looking to free up those two adjacent 5.25" drive bays for a single 80mm fan to help get more cool air inside my case. Would the drives be fine in the normal spot for internal 3.5" drives with an 80mm fan blowing over them? What kind of cooling do you implement for your drives in your main PC?
I ask because I'm running into some other heat-related issues and as a result I am looking to free up those two adjacent 5.25" drive bays for a single 80mm fan to help get more cool air inside my case. Would the drives be fine in the normal spot for internal 3.5" drives with an 80mm fan blowing over them? What kind of cooling do you implement for your drives in your main PC?