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Postby ~Robrowe~ » Sat Apr 17, 2004 6:11 pm

They work and have kept mine cool in the past. Vantec makes one that even has a temp display and other things on an LCD monitor. I have my WD 250GB ata133 hadd in one and I dont hear it running at all and as wee speak HD temp is 31 C.
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Postby Dalsim » Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:53 am

OK, my 80Gb Hdd is running at 46 C and my 30Gb is running at 52 C. So I think that you are in the clear :yesnod:
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Postby clarksta3429 » Sat May 01, 2004 1:39 pm

my harddrives usually sit on about 40 degrees. you can get a program called Helexis Drive Health and it gives you alot of information about your harddrives aswell as monitoring the tempriture
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Postby ~Spider~ » Sat May 01, 2004 2:43 pm

clarksta3429 wrote:my harddrives usually sit on about 40 degrees. you can get a program called Helexis Drive Health and it gives you alot of information about your harddrives aswell as monitoring the tempriture


Nice program. Thanks
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Postby SCgone » Sat May 01, 2004 2:54 pm

I can truthfully say, that I've been using computers since the late 70's, I've never added extra cooling and I've never had a harddrive run hot. For that matter, I've been overclocking for some time and with no more than a couple of extra case fans, I've never had anything run hot. (knock on wood...LOL)
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Postby OsirisX » Sat May 01, 2004 2:59 pm

Bob, what speed and size is your hd. I think the faster ones and larger ones heat up alot faster, since mine gets real hot after awhile.
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Postby ~Spider~ » Sat May 01, 2004 3:16 pm

Bell1 wrote:I can truthfully say, that I've been using computers since the late 70's, I've never added extra cooling and I've never had a harddrive run hot. For that matter, I've been overclocking for some time and with no more than a couple of extra case fans, I've never had anything run hot. (knock on wood...LOL)


Where can I get some good info on overclocking? I read that a lot in the forums but have never really done it. If I do overclock, I want to install a water cooling system. I don't know, call me crazy.

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Postby SCgone » Sat May 01, 2004 3:20 pm

UnknownDarknessX wrote:Bob, what speed and size is your hd. I think the faster ones and larger ones heat up alot faster, since mine gets real hot after awhile.


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Postby OsirisX » Sat May 01, 2004 3:25 pm

And do you know the regular temps for them?
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Postby RRCinci » Sat May 01, 2004 5:49 pm

You can also look at the fans that fit into a slot and exhaust out the rear of the system...this improves your air-flow...thus keeping all of the temps down. If your Dell is like mine...there are plenty of open slots available...so no modding on the case is needed.

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