Re: Cooling requirements of 7200 rpm HD's
On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 19:50, 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.
They do run hotter, so on a fanless system, I'd look for a quiet,
low-rpm fan to exhaust the case, and make sure a vent is near the
HDD so that room air will be pulled over it on it's way out the
exhaust fan. Bigger (120mm & 92mm) fans are quieter, since they
can move more air at a lower RPM than smaller fans.
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