Is my hard drive too cold?

MrInferno · Dec 8, 2016

I was looking at my system temps on HWmonitor and I saw that my hard drive is running at 27-29c. Are these temps safe for a hard drive to be running at? I heard that running the drive too cold is worse than running it hot.

PC SPECS:
Mobo: Asus B85M-E / CPU: i5-4570 3.2Ghz / Ram: 8GB DDR3 1333 / Graphics: GTX 570 1.28GB / PSU: SeaSonic M12II 520W Evo / SSD: 120GB (OS) and HDD: WD 320GB + WD 250GB / Windows 10 Pro 64bit

theyeti87 · Dec 8, 2016

Hard drives slow down (the transfer speeds not the rpm) as they heat up. Your HDD is fine my friend

13thmonkey · Dec 8, 2016

hope not, mine are at 20C under load as they are in the garage. Operating temps are 5-50C for seagate, others will vary, i'd suggest that issues might arise long term around the lower limit, but you are slap bang in the centre of that range.

http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/193771en

scout_03 · Dec 8, 2016

your in the range keep it this way .

photonboy · Dec 8, 2016

Not an issue. I don't know where you got the "too cold" idea but unless you're wearing a parka right now it's not a problem.

It's impossible to run too cold in normal living conditions so the only issue is running too hot. You can run some software to monitor, and if that looks to be an issue then make sure you have a FAN blowing over the HDD.

My front intake fan does this nicely.

MrInferno · Dec 8, 2016

photonboy :

The intake fan in the front blows straight to the hard drives and since I have the fan directly to a molex connector on the PSU, it runs at full speed. I was just making sure that I don't mess up my hard drives.

barbrgra90 · Dec 9, 2016

It is absolutely fine. It is cool just in a natural way. Don't worry. Worry when it becomes hot.

bryanl · Dec 9, 2016

The drive should always be kept above dew point, preferrably at least 5C above it.

Colif · Dec 10, 2016

I seen my ssd at 16C, yours isn't even close to being too cold. Now its summer they up at 35C

I have a fan directly below the hdd bay, but if its a hot day they get warm.

aquielisunari · Dec 19, 2016

MrInferno :

Colder is better but operating according to manufacturer specs is best.

Your operating temp is perfect imo. 80F is actually warm. Comfortable.

If you see temps like mine

you should verify it with a second program

if it confirms it then the ambient temp should be similar or the there may be a problem.

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