HDD running very hot

Quronos · 31 May 2006 at 20:36

My HDD runs very very hot

Ive been out of the PC circle for a while now so Im not sure if there is a better way to cool it down without adding those daft lookin HDD cooler things.

Any siggestions to help keep it cool?

Bear in mind I'm not made of money

Artheas · 31 May 2006 at 21:00

What make/model of case do you have?

Messiah Khan · 31 May 2006 at 22:28

What make/model is your harddrive, and what temp is it running at?

senorstealth · 1 Jun 2006 at 18:10

Depending on the make.model of the drives the temperatures may not be to much of an issue.

If its a real problem, there sin't a lot you can do except put them in an enclosure, or attach fans.
That is you can add additional case fans to draw air across the drives, like i do with mine (i have 2 maxtor drives which seem to run hot but with a 12cm case fan drawing air across they run nice and cool)

It all depends on your setup really