Hello to all.
I have in my hands a Zotac ZBOX ER51060 with an Western Digital WD10JPVX-00JC3T0 (1 TB, 9,5 mm, max temp of 60º C).
On normal operation (web browsing, photo editing, video, etc...) the HDD maintains temps of 43ºC, if you use things like Handbrake or CPU intensive programs, it reaches 47~48º C. The problem arrives when I use a game or program that heavily uses the CPU and GPU (1080p, always using optimal settings to reach 60 fps on every program or game); the HDD can reach 58º in 10~20 minutes.
It is strange, I can hit 60 fps on Unigine Benchmark Balley with these settings:
API - DX11
Quality:Ultra
Anti-Aliasing:x4
Resolution:1920x1080
and when the HDD arrived at the 58º C point, the system was running ok, no freezes, no frame skip... To me it seems tha the HDD is sufering of a heat trap, here are some photos to illustrate my thoughts
To the right is the 2.5" caddy:
The HDD is under the LAN ports, on the other side of motherboard, and...
on that same location, (left side of the unit) there's a 90x90mm fan (upper part of the photo):
then, if you close the lower cover, I think that (in theory) the heat of the HDD will go through the small gap that is near the HDD (as seen on the first photo), and after that, the heat will reach the 90 mm fan; I think also that the heat will leave by the mesh holes of the lower cover. The problem of this theory is that when you max out the GPU and the CPU, the air that the 90mm fan expeles is VERY HOT, so, I think that the heat of the CPU and GPU goes also through here, despite having his own cooling solution.
The last thing that what makes me think that the lower part of the unit doesn't have a correct cooling is that the HDD takes 15 minutes to go from 55º to 42º so, with this on mind, I reached the ZOTAC customer service and I explained to them all of this, and also I told them that the air vents aren't blocked and the fact that there's plenty of space for the air to circulate between the unit and near objects, and the response that I've received from the ZOTAC customer service says that mechanical drives can work under temperatures of 70~80ºC degrees...
I tought that normal 2,5" drives max operation temps are 60~65ºC, but I think that 70~80ºC is insane, I haven't found any drive that can run at that temperature and the manual of this ZBOX unit doesn't says anything about HDD temps... What would you say if you were in my place?
I have in my hands a Zotac ZBOX ER51060 with an Western Digital WD10JPVX-00JC3T0 (1 TB, 9,5 mm, max temp of 60º C).
On normal operation (web browsing, photo editing, video, etc...) the HDD maintains temps of 43ºC, if you use things like Handbrake or CPU intensive programs, it reaches 47~48º C. The problem arrives when I use a game or program that heavily uses the CPU and GPU (1080p, always using optimal settings to reach 60 fps on every program or game); the HDD can reach 58º in 10~20 minutes.
It is strange, I can hit 60 fps on Unigine Benchmark Balley with these settings:
API - DX11
Quality:Ultra
Anti-Aliasing:x4
Resolution:1920x1080
and when the HDD arrived at the 58º C point, the system was running ok, no freezes, no frame skip... To me it seems tha the HDD is sufering of a heat trap, here are some photos to illustrate my thoughts
To the right is the 2.5" caddy:
The HDD is under the LAN ports, on the other side of motherboard, and...
on that same location, (left side of the unit) there's a 90x90mm fan (upper part of the photo):
then, if you close the lower cover, I think that (in theory) the heat of the HDD will go through the small gap that is near the HDD (as seen on the first photo), and after that, the heat will reach the 90 mm fan; I think also that the heat will leave by the mesh holes of the lower cover. The problem of this theory is that when you max out the GPU and the CPU, the air that the 90mm fan expeles is VERY HOT, so, I think that the heat of the CPU and GPU goes also through here, despite having his own cooling solution.
The last thing that what makes me think that the lower part of the unit doesn't have a correct cooling is that the HDD takes 15 minutes to go from 55º to 42º so, with this on mind, I reached the ZOTAC customer service and I explained to them all of this, and also I told them that the air vents aren't blocked and the fact that there's plenty of space for the air to circulate between the unit and near objects, and the response that I've received from the ZOTAC customer service says that mechanical drives can work under temperatures of 70~80ºC degrees...
I tought that normal 2,5" drives max operation temps are 60~65ºC, but I think that 70~80ºC is insane, I haven't found any drive that can run at that temperature and the manual of this ZBOX unit doesn't says anything about HDD temps... What would you say if you were in my place?
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