Which way up

[Privateer]

Does it matter which way you put your HD.

Thanks.

 

[yashiro]

Mechanical spindle drive HDD's. Horizontally mounted with the metal plate on top.
New fangled SSD's. Doesn't matter.

 

[Privateer]

Mechanical spindle drive HDD's. Horizontally mounted with the metal plate on top.
New fangled SSD's. Doesn't matter.

its easier if i was to clip my sata upside down, is that OK.

 

[PinkFloyd]

I believe it oesn't make any difference whatsoever with any drive.

 

[Privateer]

I believe it oesn't make any difference whatsoever with any drive.

thats bloody handy

 

[IAmATeaf]

I believe it oesn't make any difference whatsoever with any drive.

Blimey, I didn't know things had changed. I've always adhered to the old rules of silver side up for horizontal and or vertically.

 

[leexgx]

when installing an HDD they norm end up silver side up

i got 6 HDDs next to me server that are just on there side been like that for long time (need to put my server into an case )

 

[miniyazz]

I never even considered there might be a problem putting them in upside down or something. Think the screw holes on HDDs and bays steer you to putting them in silver side up somehow, but I don't really know..
Looking at my Antec p182 I think I can confirm it doesn't matter - the case is laid out so the four HDDs in the bottom tray are oriented perpendicular to the two in the middle tray. So however the case is oriented, a minimum of two HDDs will not be 'upright', and they wouldn't have done that if it mattered.

 

[yashiro]

It's for heat dissipation (plate direction). If you don't care that your drives run a little hotter then you can mount them any way you want as long as they're horizontal or perpendicular.

 

[FaceplantSi]

Yeah I've never had a problem with mounting them any which way - usually it's down to what case and what other hardware is going in as to which way they end up!

 

[bledd]

not diagonally is the rule of thumb