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Does HDD need to be cooled?

Mrvile

Mrvile

Lifer
I have a Seagate 7200RPM 160GB SATA Barracuda drive, and my case has a fan in front of the hard drives. However, I want to use this fan somewhere else, and I don't have any other fans handy so can I remove the hard drive fan? It's not cooling anything else besides the single hard drive (I use the Lian-Li V1000 which as a seperate HDD compartment) and a fan there seems kinda wasted. Is it safe to run my HDD without a fan? I mean I know a lot of people put their HDDs in the 5 1/2 drive bays, which have no fans, so I figure it would be safe. Thanks!
 
It should be, especially since it is a Seagate, and assuming you have one or two exhaust fans, it should be fine. I do prefer to have a fan blowing over my HD though, makes me feel better.
 
I leave my case open most of the time (I can't tell a sound difference with it opened or closed) so I guess as long as I have good airflow I should be fine. Thanks.
 
If it's internal, at least get a fan on it. The seagate I put in an ext. enclosure gets really warm.
 
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