I've tried a number of hard drive mounts with cooling, ducting, quieting, etc. This one cools the best and was the easiest to build. You could modify the design with foam or whatever....it's quiet enough as is for me.
I used two parts.....an aluminum electrical box cover $1, and a piece of aluminum roof flashing 10/$1.50. The aluminum actually acts as a heatsink, and provides some cooling on it's own.
The little 60mm fan on top blows down between the bottoms of the drives. This case has the front fan blowing out, which draws air over the drives and exhausts it out of the front. It then is ducted downward behind the case front, and exits toward the carpet.
This Lanboy is a low airflow case. Even then the smart temps of the two drives are about 38c. The temps of the tops of the drives measured by a DigitalDoc5 are about 34c. This is with an ambient temp of 26.6c.
The bottom of the Lanboy is foam covered and the whole assy just sits on the foam. It is kept from moving by some duct tape...see the last photos.
Vertical HD Mount
I used two parts.....an aluminum electrical box cover $1, and a piece of aluminum roof flashing 10/$1.50. The aluminum actually acts as a heatsink, and provides some cooling on it's own.
The little 60mm fan on top blows down between the bottoms of the drives. This case has the front fan blowing out, which draws air over the drives and exhausts it out of the front. It then is ducted downward behind the case front, and exits toward the carpet.
This Lanboy is a low airflow case. Even then the smart temps of the two drives are about 38c. The temps of the tops of the drives measured by a DigitalDoc5 are about 34c. This is with an ambient temp of 26.6c.
The bottom of the Lanboy is foam covered and the whole assy just sits on the foam. It is kept from moving by some duct tape...see the last photos.
Vertical HD Mount
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