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Heatsinks for harddrives?
- Thread starter Lofapoo
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I really don't think so... no matter how hot hard drives get ( which isn't usually more than a 100F, atleast in my experience ), it doesn't affect the performance. Although just for kicks I have a fan drilled into the side of my Hardrive bays, keeps them running pretty cool ^_^.
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they make it, and i think it's not a bad idea.
has 2 fans that run and a heatsink. I think excess heat is the main reason for HD failure and it is hard to have "perfect" airflow. The thing is like 15 bucks, I'm giving it a shot. I think it's partially superstition, but if you have higher case temps (it's superstition for me. . .
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has 2 fans that run and a heatsink. I think excess heat is the main reason for HD failure and it is hard to have "perfect" airflow. The thing is like 15 bucks, I'm giving it a shot. I think it's partially superstition, but if you have higher case temps (it's superstition for me. . .
)That's right. I have six hard drives in my computer(all relatively small. I'm poor!) and I have fans in the front of my case blowing across them. No modding required; my case was designed like that. My drives are quite cool to the touch.
Dont worry, there is always a few retards that are cocky and dont like to answer genuine questions.
I wouldn't put heatsinks on the chips, but those fans for harddrives do work fairly well, unlike what djnes says they do have there purpose. Some cases do tend to run hot naturally. Some people dont like 3-5 fans in there system due to noise. Sometimes the front intake fan (which almost ever case has a spot for) just doesnt cut it. Either its positioned low and the harddrive isnt really mounted in front of it, or its just not enough cfm running past the drive itself (most of the case grills for that front intake block so much airflow anyways).
Those harddrive coolers do a fairly good job adding direct airflow to the underside of the drive while using only 1 or 2 ultra quite fans. They do cool the drive off quite well.
I have a Seagate Barracuda V drive, it runs pretty damn hot to the touch. I tried a HDD fan that bolts to the underside of the drive and after moving some large files etc, the drive was MUCH cooler to the touch. This was touching the top side of the drive, the fans were blowing on the underside.
Whether they mearly cool the HDD casing or the drive itself is a few degrees cooler, its a nice peice of mind. My 120 mm intake doesn't really help cool the drive all that much. It does keep ambient temps inside the case nice and cool but the HDD doesnt care about that since the drive itself is getting hot, the HDD needed more direct airflow.
See, I got thinking on this idea from how my HDD cooler works (this room gets hot, I need the extra protection ) with the little thermal pad on the chipset. It runs around 40c (just the chip itself) so I was just thinking, why not? The temps aren't high enough for me to try myself, I'm not that worried, I was just wondering if worst came to worst that if anyone had tried this before.
) with the little thermal pad on the chipset. It runs around 40c (just the chip itself) so I was just thinking, why not? The temps aren't high enough for me to try myself, I'm not that worried, I was just wondering if worst came to worst that if anyone had tried this before.