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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
Arno wrote:
Actually you should cool the underside because the board is there. Also the underside typically exposes part of the aluminum body, whilc the top side does not. Arno Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
"the world according to me" wrote in message
... Arno wrote: Actually you should cool the underside because the board is there. Also the underside typically exposes part of the aluminum body, whilc the top side does not. Arno Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. Agreed. I've been using 10/15K SCSI drives for 8 years, leaving space above/below them. My only extra fan is a 120mm exhaust. |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
the world according to me wrote:
Arno wrote: Actually you should cool the underside because the board is there. Also the underside typically exposes part of the aluminum body, whilc the top side does not. Arno Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. The discussion was about what to cool if you cool, not whether cooling is needed. Arno |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
the world according to me wrote:
Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B) wrote: The circuit broad of hard disks is always on the under-side. I think you should cool the upper side.... If your pC has good air circulation you don't need any dedicated cooling for the HDDs at all. I've never used them and have never had issues with heat and HDDs either. I have 3 HDDs in my main PC and heat is just not a problem because that PC has good air circulation. People with loads of fans in their cases are just attacking the issue from the wrong angle and is overkill. I think the problem is that many PCs do not have good airflow. Direct cooling of the disk is a stopgap in these cases. I also have a disk with noise insulation, which would die very fast without a fan. This is a decidedly non-standard situation though. First thing to do when getting a new case is get one with good ventilation on the front, next cut out those stupid exhaust mesh grills on the back of the case. I couldn't agree more. I have a very old case that went from constant overheating to reasonable airflow with this. Those impede air flow greatly and cause noise due to turbulence. Do those two things when getting a new case and heat will not be an issue. Problem with many of today's cases on the market is that they have stupid doors on the front so there is no ventilation. Doors are just a bad idea all around. Who wants to have to open a door every time you want to change the cd in the drive? Not me, I avoid cases with doors like the plague. I guess this is a case of form over function. But if you are lucky the door is bad enough that it falls off after a while anyways. Arno |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
Arno wrote:
the world according to me wrote: Arno wrote: Actually you should cool the underside because the board is there. Also the underside typically exposes part of the aluminum body, whilc the top side does not. Arno Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. The discussion was about what to cool if you cool, not whether cooling is needed. And he commented on whether extra cooling is needed at all. He's right, it normally isnt. |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
In message Arno
was claimed to have wrote: the world according to me wrote: Arno wrote: Actually you should cool the underside because the board is there. Also the underside typically exposes part of the aluminum body, whilc the top side does not. Arno Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. The discussion was about what to cool if you cool, not whether cooling is needed. If cooling isn't needed at all then it doesn't matter what you cool. |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
Arno wrote:
the world according to me wrote: Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B) wrote: The circuit broad of hard disks is always on the under-side. I think you should cool the upper side.... If your pC has good air circulation you don't need any dedicated cooling for the HDDs at all. I've never used them and have never had issues with heat and HDDs either. I have 3 HDDs in my main PC and heat is just not a problem because that PC has good air circulation. People with loads of fans in their cases are just attacking the issue from the wrong angle and is overkill. I think the problem is that many PCs do not have good airflow. Most dont need that because they only have one hard drive and the airflow they do have is adequate in that situation. Direct cooling of the disk is a stopgap in these cases. Only necessary if you have more than one hard drive and not always even then if you can have a spare slot between drives. I also have a disk with noise insulation, which would die very fast without a fan. This is a decidedly non-standard situation though. First thing to do when getting a new case is get one with good ventilation on the front, next cut out those stupid exhaust mesh grills on the back of the case. I couldn't agree more. I have a very old case that went from constant overheating to reasonable airflow with this. Those impede air flow greatly and cause noise due to turbulence. Do those two things when getting a new case and heat will not be an issue. Problem with many of today's cases on the market is that they have stupid doors on the front so there is no ventilation. Doors are just a bad idea all around. Who wants to have to open a door every time you want to change the cd in the drive? Not me, I avoid cases with doors like the plague. I guess this is a case of form over function. But if you are lucky the door is bad enough that it falls off after a while anyways. Arno |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
... In message Arno was claimed to have wrote: Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. The discussion was about what to cool if you cool, not whether cooling is needed. If cooling isn't needed at all then it doesn't matter what you cool. You still are cooling by case airflow, so you need free space top and bottom. |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
Eric Gisin wrote
DevilsPGD wrote Arno wrote Disagree. No dedicated fans for the HDDs are needed. See my previous post as to why. I'm a gamer so my PC gets a good workout and have never used dedicated HDD coolers and have never had issues with heat on the HDDs. The discussion was about what to cool if you cool, not whether cooling is needed. If cooling isn't needed at all then it doesn't matter what you cool. You still are cooling by case airflow, Not necessarily, some of us dont bother to put the cover on our cases. so you need free space top and bottom. Not necessarily either, depends on whether you allow unused drives to spin down or not. |
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Underside hard drive coolers bad for hard drives
Eric Gisin wrote:
You still are cooling by case airflow, so you need free space top and bottom. Yes, I never put 2 HDDs right next to each other for that reason. |
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