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The samsung f1 drives run very cool, and the seagate drives generally run hotter.
Make sure you've turned off indexing as it'll raise temperatures slightly.
However unless they're going above 45-50 then you've got nothing to worry about
Make sure you've turned off indexing as it'll raise temperatures slightly.
However unless they're going above 45-50 then you've got nothing to worry about
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I'd tell you how hot my Samsung SSD but I've got two in RAID and temps don't seem to get pulled through in HD Tune. However, it will probably only run a degree or so above case temp if that.
The Samsung F1 is a mechanical HDD in case you were confusing things, their SSDs are not branded F1
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Those temps are fine.
he's only on 17 ppd =\ calm down
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he's only on 17 ppd =\ calm down
my samsung F1s run about those temps (32-34) i have a hitachi 500gb in the same case and conditions and it runs at 39-43 C.
I was going to post a thread about this but might as well ask here now, i have a small case that is used for dvd watching ect, the processor runs at 50 C but so does the HDD as its a fanless system, would this damage the drive (2.5") i'm thinking about getting an SSD but its a bit expensive as all i use the PC for is videos. any suggestions
I was going to post a thread about this but might as well ask here now, i have a small case that is used for dvd watching ect, the processor runs at 50 C but so does the HDD as its a fanless system, would this damage the drive (2.5") i'm thinking about getting an SSD but its a bit expensive as all i use the PC for is videos. any suggestions
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I saw a PDF paper that showed that HDD's should be around 40C for optimum life span, those that were cooler actually died sooner. Can't remember where I saw it though and it was a few years ago
HDD's are usually fine up to about 55C, that's when you should start to worry. If you go to the manufacturers site they usually state 60C as the max.
HDD's are usually fine up to about 55C, that's when you should start to worry. If you go to the manufacturers site they usually state 60C as the max.
My 4 year old western digital caviar runs at 17-20'c, in my other system ive got 2 36gb raptors in vantec vortex 5.25 enclosures, with the fan in the enclosures turned off they hit 48-50'c, fan on medium drops them down to 28-30 for very little noise gain.
Manufacturers can place heat sensors to different places meaning results aren't entirely comparable.
In SPCR forum there's been few mentions about Samsung "cheating" and placing it to cool place... so in the end finger might tell more about comparative temperatures of various drives than any software.
That study was done by Google basing to data gathered from their file servers.I saw a PDF paper that showed that HDD's should be around 40C for optimum life span, those that were cooler actually died sooner. Can't remember where I saw it though and it was a few years ago
While it showed good reliability to surprisingly high temperature and clear drop of reliability with low temperatures there's one major difference to desktop computers:
File server drives are running all the time so they don't have to suffer from thermal stresses of warming up and cooling.
Those moments (especially warming up) always stress mechanical devices so after taking that into account it's quite sure that peak reliability temperature will drop to lower level similarly lowering upper limit of optimal temperature because higher temperature variation means always higher stresses.