[geeks] Dell T105 drive bay fan

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Apr 25, 2008, at 11:11 , nate at portents.com wrote:

> Not too many modern SATA drives get very hot (the WD Raptors at 10k  
> RPM do
> heat up a good bit and I'd say it's a good idea to directly cool  
> them).
> 10k and 15k RPM SAS drives get pretty toasty, of course.

Actually, my Fujitsu 10K rpm drives are cooler than most of my SATA  
drives.

They have far better heatsinks for one thing.

> But I'm not sure
> most 7200rpm SATA drives need a lot of cooling was my only point.   
> Won't
> hurt though.

I don't know... I find that the WD and Seagate drives I have right now  
will go over 50C in still air.

Get air moving by and they drop to 30-40C, depending on airflow.

Put a really good fan on them, and it drops even further, but usually  
that doesn't help too much and it is noisy and difficult.

Even a small amount of airflow makes a big difference.



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