Raptor X Cooling

MTWest · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:42

Hi guys,

I've got a Raptor X in my Antec 182 and I've put it in the lower hard drive cage. It has a fan right behind it sucking air from the front of the case. At the moment the fan is set at medium (1600rpm/56CFM) but I was wondering whether having the fan at 1200rpm/39CFM would be suffient enough to keep it cool? Makes quite a difference in noise when I sleep especially with my other 2 fans at low speed too.

Thanks!

thefishdude · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:46

yeah that shoudl befine mate

will still draw air in over *** drive, and not every one cools there hdds anyway

39cfm is still a lot of air considering the size of the space its in its a pretty small chamber at the bottom of the p182 just like my p180

Defcon5 · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:48

Yeah, I have never heard of a HDD dying due to excess heat. It will be fine

MTWest · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:50

thefishdude said:
yeah that shoudl befine mate will still draw air in over *** drive, and not every one cools there hdds anyway 39cfm is still a lot of air considering the size of the space its in its a pretty small chamber at the bottom of the p182 just like my p180

Awesome, thanks a lot!

Cupra · 28 Sep 2007 at 03:48

i made that to sit in my case it holds 3 raptors and 4 92mm fans

waso_dude · 28 Sep 2007 at 16:59

I recently recieved two WD Cavaliers Raid editions that were DOA, this was due to over heating somewhere or another. They were reporting Temps of 140degrees in the WD HDD checker.

PhillyDee · 28 Sep 2007 at 18:27

Most people dont have ANY cooling on their hard drives. Just a waft of breeze is enough to remove the heat.