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Old 06-14-2004, 06:05 PM   #1
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how much heat will this produce?

I have the Dusk & Dawn Special Edition XPC i got for $399 canadian and would like to install a 15000rpm scsi hdd and controller in it. How much heat will the drive produce under heavy load?
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Old 06-15-2004, 02:38 AM   #2
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Quite a bit, it will be quite noisy too. If you have an open external 5.25" bay, put the drive into a Coolermaster housing (DCD-4002 or a Cooldrive 3). Make sure your power supply is up to the additional load.
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Old 06-15-2004, 06:55 AM   #3
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The power supply is a 200w shuttle xpc psu. The 5.25" bay is used by the cd burner.
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