quiet cooling options for SCSI hard drives

[compuguy5]

I have an old 17 gigabyte 15,000 RPM Seagate Cheetah SCSI hard drive. Right now my hard drive is in a 3-fan cooling bay that fits into a 5.25" drive bay in the case.

However, I appreciate a quiet computer and I find the fans on the bay to be way too loud.

Is it so important to keep a fast SCSI hard drive cool with its own 3 fans? My case has several case fans, and also is a really big case (so components aren't close together inside). Do I really need a cooling bay for my hard drive?

What other (less noisy) options do I have to cool the drive?

 

[hondAS2ooo170]

zalmen hd heatpipe cooler

 

[compuguy5]

Where can I find a zalmen hd heatpipe cooler?
A froogle search brought me 0 results.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

I've had a couple of X15-36LP's and a 15k.3 in my case, and just used normal case fans blowing over them. (Lian Li PC-70, the one with the 2x80mm fans in front of the drive bay). Never had problems with temps.

Now, I've got a Atlas 15KII in a Lian Li V2000, and I've got it in the bay next to the 120mm case fan. Again, no problems with temps.

If you use motherboard monitor, you can monitor SCSI drives temps to see if they are too high. IMHO, as long as you stay under 40C, you should be fine.

 

[hondAS2ooo170]

here is the link for zalman hd cooler
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-215&depa=0

 

[ribbon13]

I have 4 Seagate 15k.4's cooled by these Asetek 03-L-9030
and 12 WD raptors cooled by these Asetek 03-L-9010

Works great.