So here's my situation. I wanted to have two hard drives in my SB62G2 and not lose my 6-in-1 media card slot (as it is my only way of transferring files to/from other computers short of burning everything to cd. I also use it with my digital cameras/mp3 player.)
Unfortunately, for those of you familiar with Shuttle SFF computer systems, there actually is not enough space for a 6-in-1 media card slot and 2 hard drives... in theory one must go.
Anyway before I continue here's my setup.
Shuttle SB62G2
P4 2.4C cpu @ 3.01 ghz
2x 512 mb Kingston DDR 400
GeForce FX 5200 128 mb
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
6-in-1 media card slot
2x 160 gb Samsung SP1614N hd's (RAID 0)
Sony DVD+RW DRU 120A
Silent X 250W psu
3x acoustic noise dampeners (on inside of case shell)
Alright, so if you want to know where the second hard drive is, it's strapped to the bottom of the first hard drive (outside of any sort of drive casing) and flush up against the top of Shuttle's ICE cpu heatsink.
What I'm worried about (as I'm sure all of you are worried about right now as well about my system) is heat. Surprisingly, despite the overclocking etc. the cpu (according to sisoft sandra) stays at about 42 degrees C at idle (compared to 39 degrees C idle when at stock 2.4 ghz) and after 10 minutes of burn-in rises to about 56 degrees C (compared to 54 degrees with the same test at stock).
In any case, everything in my case runs fairly cool except for the second hard drive. It is hot to the touch, but not so hot that I can't hold it in my hand after it's been running a while, thus I estimate it's temperature to be around 45 degrees C at full load (ambient temperature around 25 degrees C in the summer). Needless to say, my first hard drive is probably around 40-45 degrees C at full load since it is noticeably cooler (but still hot to the touch).
Is 45 degrees C too hot for a hard drive? I'm not very experienced with hard drive temperatures (and have had 2 fail on me after about 3 years of use in plastic enclosures, but those ran so hot I couldn't hold them after high load). I've done my share of reading and have read about some people getting nervous when things rise above 40 degrees C (which is kind of weird) and others who get nervous when things rise above 50 degrees C.
Does anybody think clocking my CPU back down to 2.4 ghz from 3.01 will help? The top of the ICE heatsink doesn't get hot at all (in fact it's practically cool to the touch) so I wouldn't expect it to make that much of a difference.
Or am I just freaking out and I should go buy myself a radeon x800 pro and kill my poor psu.
Unfortunately, for those of you familiar with Shuttle SFF computer systems, there actually is not enough space for a 6-in-1 media card slot and 2 hard drives... in theory one must go.
Anyway before I continue here's my setup.
Shuttle SB62G2
P4 2.4C cpu @ 3.01 ghz
2x 512 mb Kingston DDR 400
GeForce FX 5200 128 mb
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
6-in-1 media card slot
2x 160 gb Samsung SP1614N hd's (RAID 0)
Sony DVD+RW DRU 120A
Silent X 250W psu
3x acoustic noise dampeners (on inside of case shell)
Alright, so if you want to know where the second hard drive is, it's strapped to the bottom of the first hard drive (outside of any sort of drive casing) and flush up against the top of Shuttle's ICE cpu heatsink.
What I'm worried about (as I'm sure all of you are worried about right now as well about my system) is heat. Surprisingly, despite the overclocking etc. the cpu (according to sisoft sandra) stays at about 42 degrees C at idle (compared to 39 degrees C idle when at stock 2.4 ghz) and after 10 minutes of burn-in rises to about 56 degrees C (compared to 54 degrees with the same test at stock).
In any case, everything in my case runs fairly cool except for the second hard drive. It is hot to the touch, but not so hot that I can't hold it in my hand after it's been running a while, thus I estimate it's temperature to be around 45 degrees C at full load (ambient temperature around 25 degrees C in the summer). Needless to say, my first hard drive is probably around 40-45 degrees C at full load since it is noticeably cooler (but still hot to the touch).
Is 45 degrees C too hot for a hard drive? I'm not very experienced with hard drive temperatures (and have had 2 fail on me after about 3 years of use in plastic enclosures, but those ran so hot I couldn't hold them after high load). I've done my share of reading and have read about some people getting nervous when things rise above 40 degrees C (which is kind of weird) and others who get nervous when things rise above 50 degrees C.
Does anybody think clocking my CPU back down to 2.4 ghz from 3.01 will help? The top of the ICE heatsink doesn't get hot at all (in fact it's practically cool to the touch) so I wouldn't expect it to make that much of a difference.
Or am I just freaking out and I should go buy myself a radeon x800 pro and kill my poor psu.
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