Cooling the Harddrives

[speedracer120]

I have two 7200 hard drives in the 3.5" cage above the intake fan on my Enlight 7237. They get stinking hot and need to be cooled.


I need to know if buying seperate 5.75" mounts for my hard drives will suffice in giving them room to release their heat. Or should I buy a bay cooler along with the mounts? I don't want to spend over $50. So getting two IStorms or its expensive brethren is out of the question.

[underclock]

Fan to fit a 5.25 bay :)

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Fits in any 5.25" bay, doesn't need any space above/below
Designed to terminate any heat inside your PC.
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[speedracer120]

Thanks. Something to think about. So many choices...

[jkusar]

Originally posted by underclocked
Fan to fit a 5.25 bay :)

From 3dcool.com

Product: Twin Turbo




Yeah I got a Quantum Fireball that really holds to its name, but I put one of these on and it cooled it right down. Works great.

[hapoo]

I had problems with my hard drive overheating so i got this last year:
http://3dcool.com/?module=product&sku=UltimateHardDriveCooler It fixed all my problems.

[speedracer120]

Damn, I'm too used to free shipping. :(

Well, hopefully the cooler will save my hardrives.

[mx-6*]

Why don't you just get a bigger case and an extra case fan? :confused:

[DoPeY5007]

a bigger case and better case cooling will help alot :D


Don't dig up old threads! :nono:

[Hoser]

This is the kind of hard drive cooler I use: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=128&manufactory=1453&DEPA=1

[CynJon]

I use two Enermax HD cooling fans, one on each Western Digital 60 Gig 7200rpm HD (RAID 0). The fans are very quiet and do an excellent job keeping the drives cool. They have a 90mm fan and the frame can be mounted in either a 3.5" bay or 5.25" bay. For only $6 each, you can't beat it!

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=128&manufactory=1400&DEPA=1 (http://)

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
a bigger case and better case cooling will help alot :D


Don't dig up old threads! :nono:

Hehe, something tells me that Dopey doesn't like his Fleet Admiral rank very much! ;) :P

[bachviet]

That's why I got my case since it has a fan to cool down the hard drives!

[speedracer120]

Grave diggers. :nono: :disa: :yawn: :winkie:

[GameON]

Watercool that byotch! http://www.innovatek.de/sites/hdomatic.html

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007

Don't dig up old threads! :nono: it was on the front page, I didn't even notice the dates :shrug:

[GameON]

Fut the wuck?!... this is an old post from waaay in the past... next time i'mma look @ the original post date.

[sbp]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
it was on the front page, I didn't even notice the dates :shrug: :pfft: Its amazing how many dug up threads are on the front page.