5" brackets for HD

Kev <die_spammers_die RemoveThis @pht.zzz> wrote in news:Xns960E7F9969819kevsmail@
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 > Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays,
that
 > goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there
 > already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the
 > extra fans be overkill?

Generally speaking, cooler is always better when it comes to electronic
components. Hard drives are extremely precise and heat will really take a
toll on their accuracy and performance. Naturally they have callibration
circuits built in to compensate for the heat but if you keep the heat to
a minimum, the drive will last longer and perform better.

I use the drive bays because I want to get the maximum bang for my buck.
If you have the drives stacked tight, those tiny fans can make a sizable
difference in the operating temp while performing DVD burn, gaming or
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Thagor <thagor RemoveThis @email.coma> wrote in
news:Xns960F366EFDthagmailcoma@207.115.63.158:

 > Kev <die_spammers_die RemoveThis @pht.zzz> wrote in news:Xns960E7F9969819kevsmail@
 > 216.168.3.44:
 >
  >> Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays,
 > that
  >> goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there
  >> already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would
  >> the extra fans be overkill?
 >
 > Generally speaking, cooler is always better when it comes to
 > electronic components. Hard drives are extremely precise and heat will
 > really take a toll on their accuracy and performance. Naturally they
 > have callibration circuits built in to compensate for the heat but if
 > you keep the heat to a minimum, the drive will last longer and perform
 > better.
 >
 > I use the drive bays because I want to get the maximum bang for my
 > buck. If you have the drives stacked tight, those tiny fans can make a
 > sizable difference in the operating temp while performing DVD burn,
 > gaming or defrag..
 >

Thank you both. I finally got my external drive to work, after about 30
minutes of teeth clenching because it wasnt recognised. But finally it
did... loose cable I think.

Earlier when opening up the case to put the firewire card in I noticed
that one of the drives inside was whirring like a turbine. Maybe its
always been that way but I dont remember it doing it that much, but it
has been beaten to death with read/writes. Its a WD 40GB that I have
planned on using to experiment with Linux on.

The new one in the enclosure is a seagate, and even with the top plate
off and copying lots of data I could hardly hear it running.

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