WD Raptor - Cooler necessary?

[Jeriko]

Do I even need a hard drive cooler with the WD Raptor or is it just a waste of money?

-J

 

[amdskip]

Heat kills hard drives, especially fast ones. Why not is the real question?

 

[BG4533]

Hard drive coolers are rarely a must unless you have a pretty much sealed off HD bay. HD coolers and fans are a good idea however as HDs they should increase the life expectancy of your HD. I would reccomend simply putting a fan in front of or behind your HD so that it blows across it. The Raptor does generate more heat than 7200RPM HDs and isnt cheap, so a fan is probably a good idea. Another thing is there isn't really long term research saying how the Raptors last under heat, so it may be good to be safe than sorry.

Brian

 

[Jeriko]

All right, that's all I needed to hear.

Cooldrive 3 it is.

-J