[geeks] IDE Hard drive cooling

[Ryan]

I am debating purchasing three of these:

http://www.1coolpc.com/

That should keep my drives nice and cool :)

- Ryan



Geoff Reed wrote:
> my 75 gig IBM  FryStar is being cooled by a CoolDrive 2001 made by 
> coolercase, it is an aluminum 3.5 to 5.25 adaptor that has a heat 
> transfer pad to help pull xfer heat from the drive into the aluminum 
> chassis, the HD is enclosed on all 4 sides, and thew front, and there is 
> a cooling fan int he front to flow cooler air across the electronics and 
> around the HD body itself.  no burnups since putting it in this and 
> we've had 95 degree days, with it 10 to 15 degrees hotter in my computer 
> room.
> 
> At 06:59 PM 7/31/02 -0400, you wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:09:03 -0400
>> Ryan <mattyml at daemons.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I am trying to find fans for my 7200RPM IDE hard drives. I want
>> > to get something to keep them super cool, but I also want something
>> > that is quiet. Anyone have any recommendations? Anyone purchased
>> > anything through 3dcool.com before?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ryan
>>
>> I know a guy who attached the big PeeCee slot processor heat sinks to
>> his drives, seemed to make a difference.  The problem I see with drives
>> is they have relatively small surface area for a heat sink, and a lot of
>> them have plastic stickers on them to make for poor conductance to
>> external heat sinks.
>>
>> I have two 9G barracudas crammed in tight in my AlphaServer 400, they
>> actually make contact with each other and the CD above them, I am a
>> little concerned about them.
>>
>> Tim
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