How hot should the HD get?

Gadge · 5 Jan 2007 at 20:23

My hard drives feel rather hot but im unsure whether this is normal?
You cant keep you finger on the side of them for long, there that hot.

jbloggs · 5 Jan 2007 at 20:47

Gadge:

Generally, anything up to 55 Celsius, however the Seagate 7200.10 up to 60 Celsius.

In saying above, those are the maximum temperatures, you really want to keep them as cool as possible, try to aim at below 40 Celsius I would think.

Gadge · 5 Jan 2007 at 20:56

thanks for the input, mine are quite hot and the pc quite slow in places, wouldnt be suprised if its down to hot HD's. I have them on top of each other, i think i need to space them out.

Socaddict · 5 Jan 2007 at 21:48

you tried running speedfan to see if it gives you the temperatures of the hard disks?

Gadge · 5 Jan 2007 at 22:17

Socaddict said:
you tried running speedfan to see if it gives you the temperatures of the hard disks?

nope, got a link to the prog?

EDIT: found it

33L · 5 Jan 2007 at 22:20

get a fan over them generally try not to stack them without any airflow!

Gadge · 5 Jan 2007 at 22:25

Socaddict said:
you tried running speedfan to see if it gives you the temperatures of the hard disks?

Its reading:

system: 45C
CPU: 42
AUX:43
HD1: 40
Core: 39

I have 2 hard disks so dunno whats what in that list :confused:

Pc just been turned on after 30 mins cooling down

daveydave · 5 Jan 2007 at 22:27

40 is fine mate....download a prog called Everest.google it, the home edition is free and your learn loads about you pc lol. out or curiosity what make is your motherboard?

Gadge · 5 Jan 2007 at 23:17

david.n.c said:
40 is fine mate....download a prog called Everest.google it, the home edition is free and your learn loads about you pc lol. out or curiosity what make is your motherboard?

Its the Asrock 939Dual from here.

Gadge · 5 Jan 2007 at 23:41

update:

system: 47C
CPU: 48
AUX:46
HD1: 47
Core: 44

Justintime · 6 Jan 2007 at 08:51

When reading or writing expect the temperature to go up a few C.

jellybeard999 · 6 Jan 2007 at 09:44

the best thing i've used for max hdd temp is to hash hundreds of gigs of data in DC++ ... benchmarks dont stress enough IMO

even if you dont use the program, its worth it for the test

fumbles · 6 Jan 2007 at 12:50

You can also get temperatures readings of the system utilities programmes of your hdd manufactures website. I know Seagate and WD have it, not sure about Maxtor... If you've got SMART activated it should warn you if does reach a certain level.