Yes, a new big fast HD can overheat (whereas the unit it replaced may not have).
I bought one of those new Seagates - perpendicular storage right?
Or so I thought... when I got it home, my Seagate turned out to be a WD!
320GB, 16MB cache, SATA2 - just not the Seagate (no NCQ). New kid at the store. Man was I pissed off!
As it happened, I used it (it was a Sunday) and WTF, I have a Raptor for my OS anyway... so I used the WD, it would be fine for movie storage or whatever.
I'm reading ~34C for 2 drives in front of fan and ~38C for the 320GB above fan.
Well! I guess I'm glad I did not receive the Seagate after all, LoL :^)
But seriously, these HDs require:
-shielded round cabling
-healthy powersupply
-great ventilation (incl. ~120mm rear case exhaust fan).
If HDs get beyond the upper 40's it is not good. No future in it...
But thank goodness HDs are very inexpensive, heheh
Regards