Harddrive Cooling Question!

[Rhombuss]

I know with the first generation of 7200 RPM IDE drives, cooling was a good idea. This is the same case with first and second generation 10000RPM and 15000 RPM SCSI drives. But now that the platter sizes have increased a great deal (40GB/platter and up), is it necessary to use aftermarket cooling for the newer IDE drives? Say for example a 40GB and 80GB, is it really necessary to cool these drives? I've even seen some cooling stores stocking watercooling gear for HDDs, I think that is a total waste as they don't even put out that much heat (in comparison to CPUs).

What are you thoughts? BTW - I'm planning a custom case so I need some input whether or not to implement HDD cooling 😉.

TIA!

 

[jiffylube1024]

Depends how hot the HD's run. As long as they're not scorching, and you don't have like 3 10k rpm drives all beside one another in your case, you should be fine.

 

[SnowPunk98]

Ive done 2 reviews you can read OCModShop

 

[MiklosMillora]

Nice review SnowPunk

 

[Rhombuss]

That's interesting...I didn't think a small cooler like that would make a 16.6 degree difference in the temperature. SnowPunk, what harddrive did you use in that testing? Also, can someone answer my question about the necessity of cooling with the newer 40GB/80GB platter HDDs? I hear they run much cooler, particularly at 5400 RPM.

TIA!

 

[Zap]

New 7200RPM drive shouldn't need cooling. They run a lot cooler than ones from a few years ago. Besides having reasonable case ventilation, leaving an air gap above and below the drive would work.

 

[Rhombuss]

That's what I thought Zap - so cooling shouldn't even be an issue for the new 5400 RPM drives correct?

 

[nexus_7]

I use This on all my scsi drives. it is pritty quiet and extreamly well priced. Oh and it cools liek a mofo. 🙂

Greg

 

[Zap]

<< so cooling shouldn't even be an issue for the new 5400 RPM drives correct? >>


Correct. They'll barely get warm.