How do u cool your harddrive?

[faye]

Hi,
I have a raptor 10k, i put a very 80mm silence fan blowing it parallel.

and i have a fan blow another drive perpendicular(sp?)

which is better?

case is using aluminium(Coolermaster Centerio 2)

i am also finding a good and useful heatpipe. and also cheap.

I find that the drive may get hotter when i BT.

 

[imported_Kensai]

There's a case fan blowing right across my hard drives. It keeps them nice and cool.

 

[l Xes l]

ditto

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

i only have one 160 ide drive, it doens't get too hot. anyway, the psu fan is sucking the heat away from it.

 

[Promethply]

I just install my HDs in the HD cage behind the intake fans, and apparently that's more than enough cooling, since none of those HDs temps ever exceed 29 C.

 

[Fytron]

I have the Tt Armor case which comes with an HD-cage. There's a 120mm fan attached to it at the front which blows cool air from outside onto my HD.

 

[Tiamat]

I have a 5V Yateloon 120mm flowing on my raptor and 400GB seagate. Although the airflow is barely noticeable, it is a huge (12C) improvement over no airflow.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Zalman heatpipe hd cooler and all of my intakes go from the front of the case, across the hds, to 4 fans on each side of my case (8 total), then on to the rest of the components.
Tas.

 

[Elcs]

My HDD is sat behind a 120x38mm Panaflo L1A on a 7v-12v fan controller. The HDD Cage in my SLK3000B is sat right behind the 120mm fan mount at the front of the case.

A 38mm thick fan isnt a squeeze but its comfortably close.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Kensai
There's a case fan blowing right across my hard drives. It keeps them nice and cool.

 

[jswjimmy]

no cooling at all not even a case fan i have my hdd up by the cdrom for wire management. it still runs at about 34C its never gone over that.

 

[faye]

actually when you touch your harddrive, which part of your drive will be hottest?

 

[Jeff7]

One 80mm fan should be fine for a hard drive.



I've got an Antec SLK3700AMB case, and the hard drive cage has its very own 120mm fan, which can handle the cage's 5-drive capacity.

 

[thegimp03]

I have a lian-li pc-61. 2 80 mm fans blow in on them at all times. Can regulate fan speeds too. Kinda neat.

 

[psihog]

hmm, my hard drive is running at 47C and it's not even inside a case. No fan blowing on it.. Same with my home server HDDs, 3 maxtors all too hot to handle by hand right after shutting down. One died recently after 6 months. I thought might be the heat. I'm gonna get some fans later see if temp will drop.

 

[faye]

if i put a 80mm fan right underneath the harddrive. how far apart should i put it.?
there is 0 distance from harddrive to fan, which mean i put a fan straight directly blowing air to the harddrive's board.

is it a good idea?

 

[CrispyFried]

I would put it a few inches away, that way the air should wash over it more evenly. Also blowing at the underside (PCB side) wont cool as good as blowing it at the top metal shell or from the side. (the metal acts as a heatsink, so thats where the air should flow)

 

[Saga]

These work great. I own 3 and will buy again, quiet, fast twin 60mm fans and aluminum heatsink. I usually throw them on Raptors and SATA drives with big cache's.

 

[faye]

CrispyFried,

i thought of giving a few inches away too.. but haven't thought of blowing it on top .

I see most of the fans are mounted on the bottom, not on top.

How many people are doing the same?

It is quite hot for my Raptor, that's y i am needing one!

 

[vanvock]

I mounted mine in front of the rear exhaust fan.