Hard Drive Temperatures..?
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Shadey
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Hot ! Hot !
my suggestion is ... go get a drive cooler like cool masters. They look like caddies for hard drives but they come with fans - there are single and two fans versions, but just make sure you have a pretty powerful power unit, else you might get power problems - of course this depends on the number of devices drawing power form the PC.
I would recommend it if you have 7200 rpm hard drives running for long hours.
my suggestion is ... go get a drive cooler like cool masters. They look like caddies for hard drives but they come with fans - there are single and two fans versions, but just make sure you have a pretty powerful power unit, else you might get power problems - of course this depends on the number of devices drawing power form the PC.
I would recommend it if you have 7200 rpm hard drives running for long hours.
Laz
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Shadey is right on this.
I was getting a number of crashes before I did this, now I get none! I don't think that they draw too much power though really, I've got this plus two other case fans with 4 CD/CDRW/DVD drives running off a 300w PSU with no problems at all.
BANGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, what did I just say..........
I was getting a number of crashes before I did this, now I get none! I don't think that they draw too much power though really, I've got this plus two other case fans with 4 CD/CDRW/DVD drives running off a 300w PSU with no problems at all.
BANGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, what did I just say..........
I only have 1 shitty 2500rpm case fan at the moment.
I also have 300W PSU.
Ive got these devices:
1x 16x10x40 plextor CDRW
1x 16x Pioneer DVD
1x IBM 60GXP 60Gb
1x IBM 75GXP 60Gb
Also i have the creative LIVEDRIVE!
I recently installed a duct into my system because my CPU temperature was way to high, it was 51*C IDLE and 58*C Under LOAD. The duct reduced the temperature by -13*C!
The duct i made was simple, cut a square into the said of the case and alined it so it was in line with the cpu, after cutting it, i simply got a sheet of card and made a square out of it and fixed it onto the CPU and the CASE...it made a huge difference!
The noise level is slightly higher but not much!
My Temperatures are:
AMD Tbird 1.4GHz : 37*C (IDLE) - 44*C (100% LOAD After ripping for 2hrs from radio)
CASE : 35*C (IDLE) - 36*C (100% LOAD After ripping for 2hrs from radio)
HDD : 38*C (IDLE) - 42*C (100% LOAD After ripping for 2hrs from radio)
The only probably i can see is that i need to do something about teh case temperature!!!
Clearly i need a faster or maybe another case fan!!!!!.
I never switch my computer off, its on all the time, the only time it goes off is when i install software and rebooting!!!
I have never experienced any problems with my 300W PSU.
I also have 300W PSU.
Ive got these devices:
1x 16x10x40 plextor CDRW
1x 16x Pioneer DVD
1x IBM 60GXP 60Gb
1x IBM 75GXP 60Gb
Also i have the creative LIVEDRIVE!
I recently installed a duct into my system because my CPU temperature was way to high, it was 51*C IDLE and 58*C Under LOAD. The duct reduced the temperature by -13*C!
The duct i made was simple, cut a square into the said of the case and alined it so it was in line with the cpu, after cutting it, i simply got a sheet of card and made a square out of it and fixed it onto the CPU and the CASE...it made a huge difference!
The noise level is slightly higher but not much!
My Temperatures are:
AMD Tbird 1.4GHz : 37*C (IDLE) - 44*C (100% LOAD After ripping for 2hrs from radio)
CASE : 35*C (IDLE) - 36*C (100% LOAD After ripping for 2hrs from radio)
HDD : 38*C (IDLE) - 42*C (100% LOAD After ripping for 2hrs from radio)
The only probably i can see is that i need to do something about teh case temperature!!!
Clearly i need a faster or maybe another case fan!!!!!.
I never switch my computer off, its on all the time, the only time it goes off is when i install software and rebooting!!!
I have never experienced any problems with my 300W PSU.
Shadey
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Well what processor have you got ? If you're using a fan u got with your processor - it might be an idea to check out the processor fans on the internet - there are some very powerful fans with huge heat sinks that will definately cool your processor a lot more than what your using now.
If you're daring i guess you can try and drill some holes in your case on the side and affix a fan there to draws warm air out of the case. If you could make a few more ducts to ensure a good air circulation inside your case.
You could get a drive cooler for each harddisk.