Re: System cooling

Beware these little hard drive coolers and such. The ones that fit in
your CDROM bays and the ones that bolt to the underside of your hard
drives usually have really, really, REALLY cheap fans, and go bad after
just a few short months. They do however, while working, keep the drives
cool.

The better money would be on buying a case that has an adequate amount of
cooling built-in, like the Antec P180.

Adam

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Luke D wrote:

> If it works let me know. I might pick up one of those.
> Luke
>
> On 12/6/06, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
>>
>> I should point out that this is a workstation that acts as a server.
>> I've never had a problem with it. I was just surprised how hot the
>> drives were. I wish the system had an LCD display giving the drive temp
>> etc...
>>
>> Maybe I'll get one of those drive fan things and see if it helps. I like
>> the ones that screw to the bottom of the drive.
>>
>> Luke D wrote:
>>> Damien,
>>> I have a similar setup. Mine is a desktop with SATA drives and IDE, 2
>> are
>>> SATA drives but not in raid. One is IDE. My system is on all the time
>> and my
>>> house is pretty warm. The drives are very hot and spaced every other so
>>> there is a blank space in between them. I also do a lot of video
>> crunching
>>> at night. I have not had any problems, but if I had the money and time I
>>> would get some kind of colling device. Like Jim said "Cooler is gooder".
>> You
>>> might want to look and see if there is any documentation on what is the
>>> ideal temperature range for your hard disk. I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Luke
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/5/06, Jim <jwadell@acsalaska.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cooler is gooder, in my experience
>>>>
>>>> Damien Hull wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here's what I've got.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Server with SATA drives
>>>>> 1. 2 drives in a software RIAD setup
>>>>> 2. 1 drive by it self
>>>>> 2. It stays on all the time
>>>>> 3. I checked it today and noticed the drives are HOT
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was at CompUSA today. Had to get a SATA card. I noticed there are
>> all
>>>>> kinds of hard drive cooling options. One was a two fan deal that you
>>>>> attach to the bottom of the drive. I was thinking of getting a couple.
>> I
>>>>> also noticed other cooling options for the system. I think the one I
>> was
>>>>> looking at sucked hot air from the system and blew it out the back. I
>>>>> wasn't sure what to get so I didn't get anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Questions
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Do I need to get anything? ( maybe I don't )
>>>>> 2. If I do get something what should I get?
>>>>> 1. Hard drive cooling system of some kind
>>>>> 2. System cooling of some kind
>>>>>
>>>>>
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