HDD Coolers

[pirred908]

What the best HDD cooler out on the market right now? Or the most popular?

I need it to fit in a 5.25 bay and use rails becasue I have a Xaser III case and you can't use screws.

 

[kparis]

hey pirred,

the xaser 3 case has the 2 80mm fans in the front which are decent at keeping the hdds cool, HOWEVER make sure you get rid of those cheap-assed crap thermaltake give. I replaced mine with zalman (cheap quiet and move quite a bit of air) and with a dremel i cut out the stamped grilles in fron of the fans - you dont need these since the black ones and the filters are more than enough.
That used to kepp all my drives very cool, and should be very cheap

other than that i would personally go for the coolermaster cooldrive (4/6) or the vantec nexus.

 

[pirred908]

Originally posted by: kparis
hey pirred,

the xaser 3 case has the 2 80mm fans in the front which are decent at keeping the hdds cool, HOWEVER make sure you get rid of those cheap-assed crap thermaltake give. I replaced mine with zalman (cheap quiet and move quite a bit of air) and with a dremel i cut out the stamped grilles in fron of the fans - you dont need these since the black ones and the filters are more than enough.
That used to kepp all my drives very cool, and should be very cheap

other than that i would personally go for the coolermaster cooldrive (4/6) or the vantec nexus.

We'll thats all great suggestions, but I have to move my HDD to a 5.25 bay becasue I have other plans for the lower half of the case.

The cooler master cooldrive is nice, but I've been researching a little and the Vantec Vortex seems to be the best I've seen so far. Does anyone agree or disagree?

I think the Vantec Nexus is a fan controller not a HDD cooler.

 

[kparis]

yup , nexus is a fan controller only

The aerogate 4 is not that good - its a big heatsink but the fan isnt as effectife as the cooldrive 6 or the vortex

personally i think the cooldrive 6 is the coolest since you can control the lcd through software and it also has a cross flow type fan like the nexus

for value for money and performance i agree the nexus is a better choice. Plus it looks cool

 

[Tiamat]

I wasnt sure if the vortex was too noisy, I am picking up a zalman passive one today at microcenter. I will probably place a 92mm or 80mm low rpm fan behind the 5.25" bay to suck out air from the front of the drive to the back of the case...

 

[pirred908]

Originally posted by: kparis
yup , nexus is a fan controller only

The aerogate 4 is not that good - its a big heatsink but the fan isnt as effectife as the cooldrive 6 or the vortex

personally i think the cooldrive 6 is the coolest since you can control the lcd through software and it also has a cross flow type fan like the nexus

for value for money and performance i agree the nexus is a better choice. Plus it looks cool

Nexus? Your confusing me. You mean Vortex?