I've just read this article about hard drive failure that Google has released. The surprising thing is that contrary to popular belief higher hard rive temperatures are better (obviously there is a limit to it). However for HDDs older than 3 years lower temps were better. This might make you think differently about modding your case. Here is the article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6376021.stm
If someone has a link to the original report released by Google then please post it here.
If someone has a link to the original report released by Google then please post it here.