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5" brackets for HD
goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the extra fans be overkill? In article <Xns960E7F9969819kevsmail@216.168.3.44>,
die_spammers_die@pht.zzz says... > Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, that It depends on the temperature in your case.> goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there > already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the > extra fans be overkill? > Kev <die_spammers_die@pht.zzz> wrote in news:Xns960E7F9969819kevsmail@
216.168.3.44: > Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, Generally speaking, cooler is always better when it comes to electronic that > goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there > already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the > extra fans be overkill? components. Hard drives are extremely precise and heat will really take a toll on their accuracy and performance. Naturally they have callibration circuits built in to compensate for the heat but if you keep the heat to a minimum, the drive will last longer and perform better. I use the drive bays because I want to get the maximum bang for my buck. If you have the drives stacked tight, those tiny fans can make a sizable difference in the operating temp while performing DVD burn, gaming or defrag.. Thagor <tha***@email.coma> wrote in
Show quoteHide quote news:Xns960F366EFDthagmailcoma@207.115.63.158: Thank you both. I finally got my external drive to work, after about 30 > Kev <die_spammers_die@pht.zzz> wrote in news:Xns960E7F9969819kevsmail@ > 216.168.3.44: > >> Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, > that >> goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there >> already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would >> the extra fans be overkill? > > Generally speaking, cooler is always better when it comes to > electronic components. Hard drives are extremely precise and heat will > really take a toll on their accuracy and performance. Naturally they > have callibration circuits built in to compensate for the heat but if > you keep the heat to a minimum, the drive will last longer and perform > better. > > I use the drive bays because I want to get the maximum bang for my > buck. If you have the drives stacked tight, those tiny fans can make a > sizable difference in the operating temp while performing DVD burn, > gaming or defrag.. > minutes of teeth clenching because it wasnt recognised. But finally it did... loose cable I think. Earlier when opening up the case to put the firewire card in I noticed that one of the drives inside was whirring like a turbine. Maybe its always been that way but I dont remember it doing it that much, but it has been beaten to death with read/writes. Its a WD 40GB that I have planned on using to experiment with Linux on. The new one in the enclosure is a seagate, and even with the top plate off and copying lots of data I could hardly hear it running. cheers :-) |
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