Best way of keeping cool
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What is the airflow like in your case? If you have a good pull/push relationship then you shouldn't be having trouble with temps.
You should have a fan on the front drawing air in, and one at the back blowing the warm air out. A blow hole at the top of the case is also very effective at getting rid of excess heat - however if there is no existing vent you bodge one in at your own risk
Is the HDD close to any other HDDs or an optical drive? With a fan next to it the temps should be nice and cool.
SiriusB
You should have a fan on the front drawing air in, and one at the back blowing the warm air out. A blow hole at the top of the case is also very effective at getting rid of excess heat - however if there is no existing vent you bodge one in at your own risk
Is the HDD close to any other HDDs or an optical drive? With a fan next to it the temps should be nice and cool.
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Quronos said:
What make is your harddrive? How hot is the drive actually getting? or are you just using touch to estimate the temp?
Maxtors are often too hot.... and then jammed into small cases with bad airflow...
Simple answer - look into the OCUK drive caddies. You can get a nice little box for it that acts as a heatsink with it's own set of fans. These are mounted in a spare 5.25" bay. This should agrssivly cool it for you.
I am a bit of a weirdo when I build my own PCs. Especially as I have SCSI systems with very hot 10,000rpm drives. I mount these in the 5.25" bays using the drive brackets. This then allows me to mount a bigger fan in front of them, blowing air across them, and out a blow hole or out via the PSU. This method of mounting them high also keeps all the heat out of the main case.
In your case setup, if you have a fan mounted in front of your drives, do you actual have any kind of perferated holes in the front of the case for it to draw air through? I have often seen fans mounted in cases without actually having anywhere to draw cold air from. Drilling some holes in the front of the case then helps this.
Ideally get your Dremel out and cut away that daft metal grill that you will often find blanking out the breath hole in the case front. This also has the secondary effect of reducing the noise levels.
Simple answer - look into the OCUK drive caddies. You can get a nice little box for it that acts as a heatsink with it's own set of fans. These are mounted in a spare 5.25" bay. This should agrssivly cool it for you.
I am a bit of a weirdo when I build my own PCs. Especially as I have SCSI systems with very hot 10,000rpm drives. I mount these in the 5.25" bays using the drive brackets. This then allows me to mount a bigger fan in front of them, blowing air across them, and out a blow hole or out via the PSU. This method of mounting them high also keeps all the heat out of the main case.
In your case setup, if you have a fan mounted in front of your drives, do you actual have any kind of perferated holes in the front of the case for it to draw air through? I have often seen fans mounted in cases without actually having anywhere to draw cold air from. Drilling some holes in the front of the case then helps this.
Ideally get your Dremel out and cut away that daft metal grill that you will often find blanking out the breath hole in the case front. This also has the secondary effect of reducing the noise levels.