Re: Cooling requirements of 7200 rpm HD's
On Wed, 7 May 2003, csj wrote:
> Do 7200 rpm hard disk drives have any special cooling
> requirements? I have a box that's running a 20 GB 5400 rpm HD
> fanless without any problems. Can I simply slap on a 7200 rpm HD
> (either a Seagate or Maxtor 80 GB) on the same box? I don't want
> to spend a single cent on snake oil.
>
My experience is that there is really no difference in the heat produced
by a harddrive based on its rotation speed. We nearly always buy
7200 rpm drives and don't do anything special in terms of box cooling.
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