Hard drive cooling.

[imported_IceLogic]

I have 3 really loud fans in my system 2x 120 mm wich cool my hard drives (2x sata 10k rpm raptors) and a venus 12 for the (CPU Athlon 64 3200) wich is by far the loudest. I want to take these fans out and get water cooling so I can get some silence.

My question is will these hard drives (2x sata 10k rpm raptors) run fine with out any cooling? or do I need to empty my piggy bank and buy 2x of this http://www.koolance.com/shop/default.php?cPath=29_45 this is the unit im planning on purchasing btw http://www.koolance.com/shop/p..._41&products_id=88
I just dont really know if cooling is required for these drives, I want it quiet but at the same time I dont want them to overheat and get damaged somehow


Sorry for double posting btw.

 

[Cheetah8799]

My question is will these hard drives (2x sata 10k rpm raptors) run fine with out any cooling?

They were designed to run fine without any special cooling.


You might try getting a fan controller to set the fan speeds lower and see if that helps with noise while still staying somewhat cool before you spend all the money on water cooling equipment.

 

[hytek369]

yeah, they run relatively cool. i think only 15k scsi drives really need the additional cooling

 

[Mellman]

agreed...I dont think a company would design a hard drive that required some additional cooling...running 2x120's just to cool your raptors? seems a lot overkill to me, there are watercooling options for hard drives, but of course that just introduces another heat source into your water system, which will lower your overall temps...

 

[Thermalrock]

if you live in canada you can geta reservator and put the blue tower out in the snow and cool as many components as you like with it and still have nice cpu temps.

 

[imported_IceLogic]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
if you live in canada you can geta reservator and put the blue tower out in the snow and cool as many components as you like with it and still have nice cpu temps.

Is this the blue tower you're refering to? http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-232-1.htm