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graysky   04-08-2009 at 11:28:01 PM

Just added a WD1001FALS drive to my system. It's been idle for about 1/ 2h now and idle temp is kinda on the high side relative to my other drives. This WD drive is 39 C which is about 7 C hotter than my other HDD which is a 32 C. Room temp is 68 F. Is 39 C normal for this particular drive? If you have this particular HDD, please post your drive's idle temp.

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chef7734   04-08-2009 at 11:58:37 PM
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Using everest my 1tb is showing 31c and my velociraptor is showing 27c

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jsc   04-09-2009 at 12:08:48 AM
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Your idle and operating temps are going to depend a lot on your case.

I have a couple of WD10EADS (the "green" ones) in the lower drive bay of an Antec 900 case. The fan in the lower bay blows cool outside air over the drives. All three of my drives are running about 23 C.

If your case has no provision for directly cooling the drive, 39 C. does not seem out of line.

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Bronze Storage badge cjl   04-09-2009 at 01:51:00 AM
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24C for mine, but the intake fan is directly blowing over it. 39C is fine for a hard drive honestly, as most are rated for anything between 0 and 60C or so.

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graysky   04-09-2009 at 09:23:12 AM
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How hot do your drives run wo/ the fan cooling them in comparison to with the fan running? Maybe wait for your room temp to stabilize (i.e. no direct sunlight, heat/AC running etc.) and see what the drive's idle is w/ the fan, unplug the fan (which you can do while the PC is running) and wait 1 h or so and check it again if you're willing.

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jsc   04-09-2009 at 10:36:37 AM
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My Antec case fans are all set to LOW, but it is simply to much work to go in and try to unplug the lower fan.

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Ancient_1   04-09-2009 at 12:31:04 PM
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Here is a shot of the temps pf all my drives, I don't have any of the blacks but there are three of the RE3 drives in there. And a shot of the cage which is right behind a 180mm intake fan.

http://webpages.charter.net/chew_toy/Ci7/HDTemps.PNG

http://webpages.charter.net/chew_toy/Ci7/42.JPG

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one-shot   04-09-2009 at 11:14:13 PM
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34C for mine and Speed Fan is showing the arrow going down.

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ajaxmike   07-19-2009 at 05:27:48 PM
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Mine runs at 34 degrees in a Shuttle K45. I added an 80mm fan at the back as the Shuttle only has a tiny PSU fan in it.

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Arveene   07-20-2009 at 07:50:09 AM
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30C for mine. It's in one of Thermaltake's iCage's for converting a 3x 5 1/2 bays into 3x HDD bays with a fan. The iCage is made of aluminum as well which probably helps. The other 2 drives in there are also running at 30C. The drives that are in the 3 1/2 HDD bays are running at 35C and they're made of plastic and have a fan as well. My case is the Thermaltake Advance Spedo.

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one-shot   07-21-2009 at 07:08:42 AM
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39C with AC off in the middle of summer. It should be <35C with AC on.

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