Hard drive failure

[bumboo]

Is it fair to say that "heat" is the primary cause of failure in hard-drives? If that is true, does putting a cooling fan in front of the hard drive section in the case help in mitigating this risk? How much does this really help hard drive cooling -- a lot; somewhat; not much?

 

[ChefJoe]

I've yet to have a HD die in my cases. 5 different HDs and have always placed an 80 mm fan 7 volted to get some airflow over the HD (I find it cheaper and must quieter than the cooling plates).

 

[jackschmittusa]

I believe heat is a factor with higher rpm drives. I have 2 40mm fans blowing on the front of mine with the psu intake right behind it (yeh, it's in a 5½" bay).

 

[bumboo]

ChefJoe, I have never had a drive die either, but there is always a first time :frown:

I am thinking of building a file server to centralize my storage of music, videos, etc. and I want to minimize my chances of having one of those file server drives die on me.