Its true about the temperature, I had many hard disk died on me in the past due to overheat, no fan at the front, temp always rise to 50c

However, even with a HAF 932 casing, right now I'm finding it really hard to maintain at 40c or lower. Most of the time its average at 43c-45c on a hot evening even with fan blowing.

This post has been edited by Hornet: May 5 2012, 10:28 PM

In Windows 7, I look for this setting, and found in Power section (Balance), under Advance setting, there's one

-Turn off hard disk after:
--Setting: 20 minutes

Is this the one?

Thanks

My WD Blue and Black have been running everyday for 3 years now, still in perfect condition (no weak sectors or anything like that).

The temperature difference between them is not important, it is too small to make any difference. What's important is the cooling of the hard drive. With proper cooling you should be able to maintain all drives below 45C

In the past, my HDD all dies after 1-2 years due to improper cooling

This post has been edited by Hornet: Apr 8 2013, 06:19 PM