I have 2 HDDs and Im going to be cooling for the first time.
My question was, which type of HDD cooler is better? I keep my HDDs in the 5.25 bay area, and I wanted to know if the bottom mounted ones better at cooling than the front mounted fans that you slot into the 5.25 bays?
I figure one of the pros to getting the bottom mounted fan is it blow air directly onto the PCB of the hard drives. However, in the case of bottom mounted coolers, you usually have the hard drives in their regular 3.5 cage. Or in my case, behind the 5.25 bay cover. So even if the cooler blow right onto the hard drives PCB, isnt it negated?
Then I figure the pros of the front mounted 5.25 bay cooler, is they can directly pull in cool air from outside of the case. However, i wonder how much cooling can those tiny 40mm fans do, even if theres two of them. And are they any multi bay 5.25 coolers that use bigger fans? I cant really seem to find any that are affordable. Im trying to keep a 15 to 20 dollar budget
So whats your suggestion?
My question was, which type of HDD cooler is better? I keep my HDDs in the 5.25 bay area, and I wanted to know if the bottom mounted ones better at cooling than the front mounted fans that you slot into the 5.25 bays?
I figure one of the pros to getting the bottom mounted fan is it blow air directly onto the PCB of the hard drives. However, in the case of bottom mounted coolers, you usually have the hard drives in their regular 3.5 cage. Or in my case, behind the 5.25 bay cover. So even if the cooler blow right onto the hard drives PCB, isnt it negated?
Then I figure the pros of the front mounted 5.25 bay cooler, is they can directly pull in cool air from outside of the case. However, i wonder how much cooling can those tiny 40mm fans do, even if theres two of them. And are they any multi bay 5.25 coolers that use bigger fans? I cant really seem to find any that are affordable. Im trying to keep a 15 to 20 dollar budget
So whats your suggestion?
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