Chasis design - harddrive placement

Sorry not even sure if this is the right place to post.

But to the best of ym knowledge, today, the harddrives always runs pretty cool by themselves and do not need any cooling. Given this situation, why do most cases place the main FAN right in front of the harddrive, wouldnt it be more effective if they just cool the pci components? Is there any reason why the harddrive bays are always located right after the big fan... ?

That is an excellent question, but as far as there being any reason, its probably lack of ingenuity, or resistance to change what has been accepted as the norm for many years, however sometimes in life, if you want something done right you just have to do it yourself.









Probably should have taken before pictures but I didn't think about it, originally the case had 2 HDD carriages blocking the front intakes, my mods were quite major and completely changed the entire cooling and airflow, however the end results turned out to be worth all the trouble.

There are many cooling methods for cases that don't have fans in front of the hd's and you want to question why it's like that?

Also, pci components and such usually have their own cooling methods attached or they don't need to be cooled much.

The only that has to be done yourself is when they don't put a fan in front of a hd then it needs some sort of cooling if you want to keep it from getting too hot.

Then you got a whole bunch of people complaining about their hd going out all the time when heat is the issue.

Unlike the RAM and other parts though, it has constant moving parts. Mobos, ram, pci components and such do get hot but are not as likely to malfunction like an hd.

Check the last picture where the power cord from the wall comes!

It is on the side of case outside

You're very observant croc, you'd be surprised how many look at those pics and never realize the P/S is MIA from them.

Like your sig by the way!