Hard Disk Cooling?

Raphael Argus · 11-01-2007, 05:48 PM

Hello all, trying to learn how you cool hard disks. I have all my temps nice and cool now, hard disks are running the hottest, but from what I understand the temps are still fine.

Two Sata Hard Disks:
Maxtor 250GB 42c
Western Digital 250GB 37C

The drives are mounted on the bottom of my case an a 80mm case fan set to intake blows cool air onto them.

How else do you cool hard disks? This isn't something I'm worried about with the above temps and I believe I read somewhere that hard disks run a little better warmer anyway. But just for the purpose of knowledge, how do you cool hard disks?

Preacher · 11-01-2007, 05:54 PM

2 cooling types that I know of :

1. Heatsinks that mount onto the HD.
2. A fan mounted on top of the HD , sucking heat in its normal air direction, upwards.

veedubfreak · 11-01-2007, 06:21 PM

Unless you have a really crappy case with really crappy air flow the intake fan blowing over the hard drives is more than sufficient cooling.

Preacher · 11-01-2007, 06:27 PM

Yeah it's good cooling my HD's run on about 40c.

krazyq · 11-01-2007, 06:38 PM

same here..my hdd stays at about 40c.
get speedfan or everest to check the temps...if the temps are good or decent...additional cooling isnt needed.

Raphael Argus · 11-01-2007, 07:05 PM

Awesome info, thanks all. I didn't know about hard disk heat sinks.

My current temps are fine, and that seems to be as hot as the hard disks get, so I won't bother with any extra cooling. Just finished this build and was checking into everything to be sure all was well. The Maxtor drive is already a couple years old and I'll probably replace it soon. Used a Seagate 500gb in my second machine and really love that drive, very cool and very quiet. Will get one of those for this build when I have the funds.

Thanks again for the help.

11-01-2007, 05:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Raphael Argus Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 531	Hard Disk Cooling? Hello all, trying to learn how you cool hard disks. I have all my temps nice and cool now, hard disks are running the hottest, but from what I understand the temps are still fine. Two Sata Hard Disks: Maxtor 250GB 42c Western Digital 250GB 37C The drives are mounted on the bottom of my case an a 80mm case fan set to intake blows cool air onto them. How else do you cool hard disks? This isn't something I'm worried about with the above temps and I believe I read somewhere that hard disks run a little better warmer anyway. But just for the purpose of knowledge, how do you cool hard disks? __________________ E6750 @ 2.66 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L 2GB XMS2 Corsair Ram Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Evga 8800GTS 640MB 250GB Western Digital SATA2 HDD 250GB Maxtor SATA1 HDD Antec Truepower Trio 650 watt PSU Cooler Master Centurion 5 case 20.1" Samsung 204B LCD Microsoft Keyboard Logitech MX518 Mouse Geek Squad 875VA Back-UP UPS Windows XP SP2

11-01-2007, 05:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Preacher Master Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ra'anana, Israel Posts: 2,303	Re: Hard Disk Cooling? 2 cooling types that I know of : 1. Heatsinks that mount onto the HD. 2. A fan mounted on top of the HD , sucking heat in its normal air direction, upwards. __________________

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11-01-2007, 06:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Preacher Master Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ra'anana, Israel Posts: 2,303	Re: Hard Disk Cooling? Yeah it's good cooling my HD's run on about 40c. __________________

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11-01-2007, 07:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Raphael Argus Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 531	Re: Hard Disk Cooling? Awesome info, thanks all. I didn't know about hard disk heat sinks. My current temps are fine, and that seems to be as hot as the hard disks get, so I won't bother with any extra cooling. Just finished this build and was checking into everything to be sure all was well. The Maxtor drive is already a couple years old and I'll probably replace it soon. Used a Seagate 500gb in my second machine and really love that drive, very cool and very quiet. Will get one of those for this build when I have the funds. Thanks again for the help. __________________ E6750 @ 2.66 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L 2GB XMS2 Corsair Ram Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Evga 8800GTS 640MB 250GB Western Digital SATA2 HDD 250GB Maxtor SATA1 HDD Antec Truepower Trio 650 watt PSU Cooler Master Centurion 5 case 20.1" Samsung 204B LCD Microsoft Keyboard Logitech MX518 Mouse Geek Squad 875VA Back-UP UPS Windows XP SP2

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