Hard drive coolers

[MonkeyBlitch]

Do these things really work? I've seened them around but wondered if their worth it?

[Cricket]

They aren't necessary for IDE hard drives, but it won't hurt to use them if you really want to...but they'll add more noise to your computer.

You should use them if you're using 10,000 or 15,000 RPM SCSI hard drives.

Cricket

[MonkeyBlitch]

Cool thanks.

[Spyda]

while not neccesary, they wont hurt, i have an empty drive cooler rack just blowing cool air into the top of the case for my PSU to feed off

[TwoRails]

They are both: Not necessary, and they won't hurt either. I don't run them as they are not only not necessary, but they also increase noise, and put yet one more strain on your power supply.

HTH

TwoRails

[glc]

I use them with 10k rpm SCSI drives, and I like the Coolermaster housings with the integral fans that fit in 5.25" bays.

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....888-201-04.jpg

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....888-202-05.JPG

[grasshopperbe]

I used one of those removable bays for a while with a front cooler for my secondary hd(ide 133) .i mainly wanted it for hot swapping hd's . but i took it out of my pc again.
It collected a huge amount of dust in comparison to the rest of my case, which is absolutely not advisable for a hd.

[MonkeyBlitch]

Yeah I was thinking about the dust it would collect.

[TwoRails]

I don't know if this will help here, but I just posted temps related to a different thread, but in case it may help:

Talking Fahrenheit degrees here: it's 90 out side, 82 inside the house (don't have A/C), and my pair of 120 gig Maxtors are running at 91.

[glc]

The Coolermasters have a filter to catch the dust, it's simple to clean.

[MonkeyBlitch]

I'll take a look at those coolermasters.

[got_ammo]

Maybe if you put the fans on for reverse it would cause less dust? I'm not sure tho, and I'm not sure how well it would cool compared to having the fans blow on them.

[grasshopperbe]

i simply cut out a piece of nylon (from women's old stockings or so. it seems to do its job as air filter quite good.

got_ammo, i dont know about turning the fans around., in general, in the front fans are placed to suck air in, and the back ones to blow air out again.
off course, this is in general. in those removable bays, the fan might only affect the inside of the bay and not the rest of the case if its built properly.

i just placed my hd's in the top back of my case and placed a 80mm enermax fan behind them. works perfectly

[drewK7VT2]

hard drive coolers aren't really necessary for IDE drives unless you have a drive that produces a LOT of heat like an older IBM deskstar or older Western Digital.

[Sam Havard]

this is really a qestion but could u put a heatsnk on a hard drive to keep it kool

[RodneyMargis]

yea you migth be able to btu there woudlnt really be a way to keep it locked on there.

[TwoRails]

Originally posted by Sam Havard this is really a qestion but could u put a heatsnk on a hard drive to keep it kool

Sorry.... but since a fan isn't necessary, why would you even want to put a heatsink on??

[Cricket]

Originally posted by Sam Havard this is really a qestion but could u put a heatsnk on a hard drive to keep it kool

Here's a hard drive "heat sink" you can buy. Here's another.

Cricket

[Blakhart]

I have wired a case fan near the drive(s) in question, hanging in the case with common speaker wire, blowing onto/across the drive. You can support the fan at any angle this way.
Cooling any 7200 (and up) rpm drive is probably a good idea, tho some 7200s run nice and cool.

[largosama]

what about the special WD special edition drives of 80 gb?

[Spyda]

my WD 80GB runs nice and cool

[Force Flow]

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.p...threadid=68222

[MonkeyBlitch]

Thats interesting, thanks for the link.