Best way to cool HDDs - Tom's Hardware Forum
10. 125,315. May 22, 2013. #4. The best way is have the drives in there 3 inch bay with a empty drive space between them. Then use a standard front case fan 120mm. To blow air over them. Newer hard drives don't get that hot if you have air space around the drives. Most hard drives cook because new users will place them metal back to metal back ...
Cooling for external hard drives | Tom's Hardware Forum
85,015. Sep 17, 2009. #4. 1) A good aluminum external case. 2) A case with a fan (noisy). 3) A case like the BlacX which has the hard drive sitting exposed to the air (best but not practical for moving) FYI, you mean Terabyte, not Terabit (in computers, the smallest unit of measure is a "bit". A Byte is eight bits.
Is hard drive heat even an issue? | Tom's Hardware Forum
Mar 7, 2007 · Thus, the ways to move more heat out of the drive are: 1. Lower the air temperature or raise the hard drive temperature. 2. Increase the surface area of the drive. 3. Increase the heat transfer coefficient. The Raptor uses a casing molded with metal fins, which increases the surface area of the drive.
65C+ too hot for Hard Drive? How can I reduce hard drive heat?
Dec 16, 2008 · May 24, 2011. #2. Yes, 65C is pretty hot for a hard drive. The Google Study on Disk Drive Failure Rates seems to suggest that temperatures in the 40-50C range are optimal. Keeping temperatures down is simple: make sure there is cool air blowing over the drives.
Is there a minimum hard drive temperature? - Tom's Hardware …
Mar 7, 2009 · Jan 24, 2013. #2. maunfacturers tend to suggest an operational temperature between 5 and 55 degrees celcius. "Hard drives have fluid bearings. Any fluid can freeze if it gets cold enough, including the lubricant inside the hard drive. If the hard drive starts to spin up (which happens as you boot your PC), the platters will not turn because the ...
[SOLVED] - NVME M.2 drive too hot; suggestions? - Tom's …
Apr 27, 2021 · It originally came with a SATA SSD as the primary drive, but I've replaced it with a Samsung 970 PLUS NVME drive in the M.2 slot. It works nicely, but according to the Samsung Magician app (and also HWMON) the temps on the M.2 drive are too high when it's under any kind of load. At idle, it runs 43-46 degrees, which the Magician app says is ...
Do hard drives really need cooling? | Tom's Hardware Forum
Jul 6, 2014. Solution. #3. its almost certainly not just cooling the HDD,, but is a key component of getting cool air into your case.. so mostly a HDD just need to have some space around it and it will keep cool enough. But if you take your fan out - you will …
Do hard drives need active cooling? | Tom's Hardware Forum
Jan 2, 2015 · LimitedWard, If HDD's needed active cooling then the world of watercooling would have been flooded with waterblocks for hard drives. In short, no, you don't need active cooling and the long answer would be; The corsair Air 240 has the HDD's tray mounted in a such a way that all drives in the caddy are vertically placed - that would allow for ...
Question about 7200 RPM hard drive temperature and Speedfan
Feb 23, 2006 · ok cool thanks. I've got two 120 mm case fans currently, one front, one back. Both are blowing outwards though, I guess the front one is supposed to be blowing inwards onto the hard drive? The drive is located in the front too. I don't got much gear inside, only 1 HD, 1 7900 gt, and the aforementioned processor. No OCing going on, either.
Please Suggest some cool names - Tom's Hardware Forum
Nov 11, 2013 · Geoff, Keith, Jim, Jimbob, Jerry, Jemimah, Gerald, Bobby and Fred. these are awesome names ? i don't mean people names i want names like BorN to Rule kind of you know. D: They are awesome! Suit yourself.