Will the drives get too hot?

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I probably know the answer to this one, but I thought I would ask.

I have a Lian-Li PC-7 case, but I am not particularly fond of the hard drive cage. I have some 3.5-5.25 adapters (generic), and I want to mount my WD 640Gb and (new) Seagate 7200.11 1TB drive in the 5.25" bays. This will remove air restriction from the intake, and clean up the interior a good bit.

I thought about getting the new 120MM 4-in-3 from Lian-Li, I'm just trying to be cheap. The case certainly needs more airflow however, and I am adding the side panel fan.

So the question is, with very little or no airflow, will the drives be too hot up there? I will have 1-2 CDROM drives directly above them. I don't want to risk the drives' life span, though.
 
Thanks for that article link, I forgot all about the Google study.

Interesting though, the link does not specify what "very high temperatures" is, and I did not find the Google study itself (yet). On the contrary, this particular article mentions the response from the creator of SpinRite, who says drives can reach that "very high temperature" in the home environment easily.

I am not really able to do the research I would like at the moment, but are there any thoughts on that?
 
I think 50C is considered very hot.

I'd try and keep them < 40 though. :) Keep in mind that my comment doesn't have much merit, merely a guess.
 
Thanks for the input, and the links. I feel kinda silly not spending more time on this, but my laptop crashed and I'm away from home on business and can't really spend the time I would like to research this. I bought a new motherboard, and am going to be rebuilding my desktop as soon as I get home so it would be nice to have everything waiting when I get back.

Lazn_Work, thanks for the links - they are greatly appreciated! :D
 
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