Hd Cooling.

[worker]

I getting a new computer and was wondering if this hd cooler works with normal hard drives or does it work and has to have specal one.

 

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-999-612&depa=1

 

I have use hd coolers before not really sure what the case is with this one. this one I have with my old computer.

 

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-888-110&depa=1

[daniel]

in one of the computers that i built i used this one

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....-888-501&depa=1

[henbenley]

I dont think that theyre worth the money, cause you have fans in your system to take care of that little bit of heat. IMHO if your gonna cool your HD with one of those then you might as well put heatsinks on sound card and cd-drive.

 

EDIT: next time read what it says on the site:

Compatible with all 3.5" hard drive

Fits in a standard 5.25" drive bay

[airman]

i agree with henbenly...i think they are pointless

[kobalt]

In my opinion, Hdd coolers are sold for looks , some HD's may need a little more room (air)to breathe but most are made to work for a long time with just good case cooling.

Instead get a good 80mm intake in front of your case for the drives

 

But if you like the looks and gadgetery, go for it

Edited October 4, 2004 by kobalt

[Byron]

yea, i just kept my hds spread out, and have nice airflow around them, and they are cool to touch on top & bottom. So good airlfow and good case temps will be perfectly fine.

[asus]

your hd does not need extra cooling unless you live in the middle of the desert.. lol.. so.. dont wory about it .. unless you have 6tb of raptors stacked lol

[sdy284]

unless you have 6tb of raptors stacked lol

and if u have that.....can i have some of your spare money thats lyin around? lol

[spathalogic]

If you're rich and have money to blow, get those for the "why not" factor .

[sdy284]

actually...if you're that rich, and you bought 6TB worth of raptors...i'd slap ya silly, for not buying 15k rpm SCSI drives instead

[BabyBalrog]

actually...if you're that rich, and you bought 6TB worth of raptors...i'd slap ya silly, for not buying 15k rpm SCSI drives instead

Consider that a double slap, but still for most builds a case fan infrount of the HDDs is plenty, and about the sound card RAM sinks... guess what.. actualyl improved my friends performance a bit, less noise ( pun) in the speekers

 

EDIT: but then again we are both Band geeks and can tell the difference between 44Khz and 192Khz fairly easly

[suchuwato]

i have a fan that blows over the hdd anyway which cools much better than any of your fancy hdd coolers. they're pointless, unless you are really really serious gamer with raptors