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Rottie

Rottie

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I check speedfan that shows two seagate hard drives temp at 49c I googled and it says all drives should be below 40c but my case is open I wonder if I need two coolers for both hard drives. They are new hard drives.
 
Originally posted by: Rottie
either way and what is the difference?
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Difference... Passive uses air movement already present--it basically put a heatsink on your hard drive. Active cooling put the heat sink and a fan on the hard drive, producing the air flow to cool the hard drive. Passive cooling solutions are completely silent; active cooling solutions create noise due to the fan.

Do you have 5.25" bays to put your hard drives in? Or are you looking to install something in the 3.5" bay area?

EDIT: By the way, are your hard drives warm to the touch? You very well may be getting an error in reading the temp from there. That is always possible. And do you always have your case open--the side panel off?
 
Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Originally posted by: Rottie
either way and what is the difference?
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Difference... Passive uses air movement already present--it basically put a heatsink on your hard drive. Active cooling put the heat sink and a fan on the hard drive, producing the air flow to cool the hard drive. Passive cooling solutions are completely silent; active cooling solutions create noise due to the fan.

Do you have 5.25" bays to put your hard drives in? Or are you looking to install something in the 3.5" bay area?

EDIT: By the way, are your hard drives warm to the touch? You very well may be getting an error in reading the temp from there. That is always possible. And do you always have your case open--the side panel off?
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that is hard choice but i think active is nice and both of my hard drives are on 3.5 drive bay. it is not too warm to touch I leave side panel open until I find a better case
 
Originally posted by: Susquehannock
IMO an "active" set up is usually overkill. Mount your HDDs inside of a case intake fan & you should be fine.
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I agree. The front intake should be enough to cool your HD's.
 
Close your case, that will help

Most cases have a fan in front of the drive bays, all it takes is a little air movement over the drive to cool it, make sure there is space between your drives, leave a bay open to create and extra inch or 2 of airspace,

If you have a 750gb drive expect it to be warmer than a 80gb drivem the larger has more platters and moving parts

Some brands and models in each brand run warmer than others. a 7200.9 Seagate runs much warmer than a WD RE
 
Originally posted by: tallman45
If you have a 750gb drive expect it to be warmer than a 80gb drivem the larger has more platters and moving parts

Some brands and models in each brand run warmer than others. a 7200.9 Seagate runs much warmer than a WD RE
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Um...

I know there isn't a direct correlation, but I think you're implying large Seagate drives with dense platters run warmer than small WD drives with a lower platter density, and less moving parts. Correct me if I'm wrong.

However, I just posted this screenie in another post.

Yet, as you can plainly see, my 7200.7 Plus Seagate runs cooler than either one of my dual striped WD SEs... 😉
 
Originally posted by: Rottie
I check speedfan that shows two seagate hard drives temp at 49c I googled and it says all drives should be below 40c but my case is open I wonder if I need two coolers for both hard drives. They are new hard drives.
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BTW, for what it's worth, I'm running a single 120mm Vantec fan over, e.g. through the drive cage for, the drives mentioned above.

I know it's not high-tech! Just being honest... 😀
 
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