Removable harddrive racks, bad idea?

Hi,

I'm about to buy a 80gb 7200rpm harddrive, either a Maxtor, seagate or WD, 2mb or 8mb cache, I
was thinking of getting
a removable harddrive rack for it, but then I got to thinking that these drives tend to run alittle hot,
and maybe it might be
a bad idea for my drives lifespan.

I was looking at a plastic one with one fan, like so:

http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-in...quicklinx=2BB3

unfortunately there isnt any real info on it though. But I notice theres also metal ones with two fans
available, at rather
more expensive prices, which I think are rather too expensive - and possibly too noisy.
Any idea if a plastic one will be good enough? Or is even the metal one a bad idea for my drives
lifespan?

Thanks in adance

"Kb" schreef in bericht
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Hi,

I'm about to buy a 80gb 7200rpm harddrive, either a Maxtor, seagate or WD,
2mb or 8mb cache, I
was thinking of getting
a removable harddrive rack for it, but then I got to thinking that these
drives tend to run alittle hot,
and maybe it might be
a bad idea for my drives lifespan.

I was looking at a plastic one with one fan, like so:

http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-in...quicklinx=2BB3

unfortunately there isnt any real info on it though. But I notice theres
also metal ones with two fans
available, at rather
more expensive prices, which I think are rather too expensive - and
possibly too noisy.
Any idea if a plastic one will be good enough? Or is even the metal one a
bad idea for my drives
lifespan?

Thanks in adance


I use plastic ones and added a quality fan myself.
No problem at all.

"Kb" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm about to buy a 80gb 7200rpm harddrive, either a Maxtor, seagate or WD,
2mb or 8mb cache, I
was thinking of getting
a removable harddrive rack for it, but then I got to thinking that these
drives tend to run alittle hot,
and maybe it might be
a bad idea for my drives lifespan.

I was looking at a plastic one with one fan, like so:

http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-in...quicklinx=2BB3

unfortunately there isnt any real info on it though. But I notice theres
also metal ones with two fans
available, at rather
more expensive prices, which I think are rather too expensive - and
possibly too noisy.
Any idea if a plastic one will be good enough? Or is even the metal one a
bad idea for my drives
lifespan?



i've been using removable drive kits for several years
and they are great!

i use the cheap plastic ones and they work fine
except occcasionally the fans get a little noisy
but it only takes a few minutes to replace them

or do what the other poster did and just put in good ones
to begin with