Why so bothered about hard disk cooling? They're designed NOT to require active cooling so as long as you have some airflow from the intake fan and not stack them too close together, then its fine.

In fact, Dell ships millions of PC's without active cooling for hard disk so if it's ok for them...it's ok for you.

Yes theres no need to. Just place it at the original stacking place, and put a fan in front of them. Usually cases has the fan mounting.

typo: 8cam = 8cm



This post has been edited by jcheong: Jul 17 2006, 10:35 AM

8cam fan ??

this is one way also...or can stack them with around 5mm/8mm spacing in between them, then use blower to suck air through the HDD

Any fan also enough lar since the point is so there's no hot air pockets stucks in between the HDD stacks niah....blowers are overkill di.

Just like most good things in life (s3x, alcohol, chocolates etc)...too much fan is not good.

bro when is too much s#x not good eh.... anyway dis thread is for interesting ways to cool ur hdd lah bro...

aiya....i like to overkill mar.....

i got a super high pressure blower here, thinking of how to use it only...

actually, if you arent overly concerned about HDD cooling, you can have the fan in between the 2 HDDs:

HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1
.............................fan
.............................fan
.............................fan
HDD2HDD2HDD2
HDD2HDD2HDD2

putting the fan this way will reduce air turbulence and resistance [thus noise]. i found that i was able to push alot of air all the way to the rear of my casing [to the gcard] with a +/-18CFM fan. HDD2 will suffer a 1¬3C rise in temps because of the lack of airflow on the bottom part [mine increased by 1.5/2C].



This post has been edited by Silon: Jul 17 2006, 04:14 PM

thats a panaflo rite ?
anyway, 80/92mm fan will work better on HDD because 120mm has a big dead spot in the middle

yes it is. anyway, ive re-done my intake system. pics to follow when the tmnutters fixes our connection to the world

HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1
.............................fan
.............................fan
.............................fan
HDD2HDD2HDD2
HDD2HDD2HDD2


mean the fan will blow direct to one of your hdd pcb area.....right?

yes.



because putting the fan directly in front of the grill+dust filter causes lots of noise [like putting a piece of cloth behind a table fan], ive moved the fan futher back to a place between the 2 HDDs. this way, the single 80mm fan can use the additional surface area of the grill+dust filter which was designed for 2. here's an illustration and pics:


HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1

<<<<<<<<fan
<<<<<<<<fan
<<<<<<<<fan
<<<<<<<<fan
<<<<<<<<fan

HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2








now the fan doesnt suffocate and guess what? GPU temps are down 2C, NB temps are also down by 2C and PWM area temps are slightly lowered by 1C. CPU temps are the same, the freezer64's fan was big enough to suck enough cool air even before i moved the fan further backwards and did not benefit from the extra pressure. HDD temps are up by 1¬2C, which was suprising, i was expecting 3¬4C. all in all, an excellent mod i must say


edited; errors in typing

This post has been edited by Silon: Jul 18 2006, 06:48 PM

bro y dun u try to pu like one high cfm fan and one low cfm fan in between the hdds? i mean it will be hard to mount bt air will stay longer in the middle and absorb more heat ....
like dis
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1
low cfm fan<<<<Heat absorbed<<<<high cfm fan
low cfm fan<<<<Heat absorbed<<<<high cfm fan
low cfm fan<<<<Heat absorbed<<<<high cfm fan
low cfm fan<<<<Heat absorbed<<<<high cfm fan
low cfm fan<<<<Heat absorbed<<<<high cfm fan
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2

This post has been edited by lolhalol: Jul 18 2006, 07:07 PM

because it will make lots of noise?

my goal is to create a silent rig, ultimate/super cooling solutions are not necessary. im only using a 17.5CFM fan [+the PSU's super slow kinda useless fan] for exhaust; temps are okay and the rig is very quiet

A fan blowing from the bottom towards the HDD can work wonders as well. If you use a 120mm fan then the noise levels will be low

hey guys u know those cooling fans for hdds? that mount to the botom of hdd's...the two fans version or one fan version, which one beter?? they really help or is it a gimick only?

what a lousy Q.. of coz la it's work...u can try it urself la...either 2 or one fan just give same performance.....the fans not loud enough 2 be hear from outside ur case..

Hi, may i know you mean mount to bottom of HDD, issit the fan direct blow to the pcb side? As I know somebody been told us not a good idea to blow direct to the pcb side....air can cause static.......somebody please advise....do dengerous direct blow air to the pcb side?

HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1 FAN FAN FAN
HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1HDD1 FAN FAN FAN
FAN FAN FAN
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2 FAN FAN FAN
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2 FAN FAN FAN
HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2HDD2

How about this combination ??

I have 3 hardisk stack around 5mm of gap between each other and 2x 80mm fan blowing thru them. ??

so we should all swicth off our CPU fans because the blow towards the motherboard - which is made from PCB?

there's nothing wrong with this combo, its just that the fan blows directly to the front of the HDD and encounters resistance and would create noise.

[quote=Silon,Jul 27 2006, 11:52 PM]
so we should all swicth off our CPU fans because the blow towards the motherboard - which is made from PCB?

You are wrong, the CPU fan is direct blow to heatsink and not direct to mobo.....and another fan is to suck out the heat inside the casing......So all are different