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Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 11:05 am
by Nightma12
What is the optimum hard drive temperature? both my current hard drives seem a little hot to me and im rather... 'concerned'
Does anybody recommend any cheap hard drive coolers?
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 12:14 pm
by fl00d3d
I've always kept at least 2 case fans in addition to my CPU fan and I've never had any heating issues.
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 12:34 pm
by Nightma12
CPU fan is all ive got.. lol
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 12:39 pm
by fl00d3d
Get a couple of case fans (like 2-3) and make sure they're blowing OUT (not in).
Also, try to make as much space between your hard drives (if you have multiple) so that air can circulate and the heat from one isn't feeding the heat on another.
Generally speaking, system temperature is the only thing that really affects hard drives. I don't think you really need a "hard drive cooler".
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 12:42 pm
by Nightma12
well i took the case off of my PC coz it kept overheating with it on :/
just got a temperature reading - 52C on both my drives.
EDIT: i cant keep my finger on it for more than 5 seconds :/
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 2:28 pm
by Matix
My case is jam packed with stuff, and its a small case, so my pc overheats, but not the point where it effects my game play..
I will be getting a new pc soon, maybe from IBUY Power (cheap *ss computers, for $2k you get sexy raptors, quad core cpus, 4gb ram, nice gfx, etc.)
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 2:57 pm
by fl00d3d
Matix wrote:
I will be getting a new pc soon, maybe from IBUY Power (cheap *ss computers, for $2k you get sexy raptors, quad core cpus, 4gb ram, nice gfx, etc.)
Has absolutely nothing to do with his question LOL
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 3:01 pm
by Matix
yeah wtf, fl00d bug
i posted that in AMD vs Intel thread not here

Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 3:04 pm
by fl00d3d
lies
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 3:25 pm
by Nightma12
getting back on topic....
Re: Hard Drive temperature
Posted: September 13th, 2007, 8:35 pm
by raulperez
yeah get as much air blowing out as you can, clean all the intakes and out flows for dust buildup, make sure the tower has adequate airspace around it (not right next to the heater lol) etc.