hard drive cooling...???

Cosmic~Fury · 12-04-2003, 12:55 PM

I'm getting a Maxtor 80.0GB 7200RPM 8MB ATA-150 and whether or not I need to, I'm going to apply a cooler. I've seen three types of coolers though and I need to know which kind would be the best...suggestions?

- Lay hard drive on to cooler like a bed

- apply to drive bay and lay into drive bay naturally

- hard drive lays on heatsink like bed as fans create airflow through heatsink...

thanks

SilverTurtle · 12-04-2003, 01:04 PM

i would go with the first one, as if takes the least space and does the job. but do u really need a cooler for your hard disk ?

Inaris · 12-05-2003, 02:43 PM

They help with extended use. I run my server (high end custom PC) with a cooler on each of the 10 drives. Helps keep total case temp down too. I remember reading somewhere that keeping the heat down would extend the life of the drives too...
but that could be wrong.

12-04-2003, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cosmic~Fury Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 65	hard drive cooling...??? I'm getting a Maxtor 80.0GB 7200RPM 8MB ATA-150 and whether or not I need to, I'm going to apply a cooler. I've seen three types of coolers though and I need to know which kind would be the best...suggestions? - Lay hard drive on to cooler like a bed - apply to drive bay and lay into drive bay naturally - hard drive lays on heatsink like bed as fans create airflow through heatsink... thanks __________________ Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe Maxtor 80GB/7200RPM/8MBCache/ATA-150 SATA AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton Kingston HyperX 512MB PC3200/DDR400 ATi Radeon 9800Pro 128MB

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12-04-2003, 01:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
SilverTurtle Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 18	i would go with the first one, as if takes the least space and does the job. but do u really need a cooler for your hard disk ?

12-05-2003, 02:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Inaris Master Techie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,258	They help with extended use. I run my server (high end custom PC) with a cooler on each of the 10 drives. Helps keep total case temp down too. I remember reading somewhere that keeping the heat down would extend the life of the drives too... but that could be wrong.