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thevmax   09-20-2009 at 12:49:08 AM

I am having trouble keeping my WD Velociraptor cooled down. It is sitting in the case and I have a Noctua 92mm fan 1600rpm running above it, but the WD case temp is 105 degrees fahrenheit. So I have temporarily put a desk fan in front of the computer case, opened up the media bay door and am blowing the air through the case. Temp is now 80 degrees fahrenheit. There are a lot junk coolers out there.

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ShtBrix   09-20-2009 at 12:50:58 AM
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Those temps are fine. I'd actually take away the desk fan.

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Shadow703793   09-20-2009 at 01:11:08 AM
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105F = ~41C. Please use Celsius next time. We measure PC temps in Celsius. And 41C is quite cool for a 10k rpm drive.

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   09-20-2009 at 02:08:10 AM
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That's fine, honestly. Velociraptors run cool (compared to most 10krpm drives, which can run at upwards of 50C/120F), and you really don't need to worry about cooling for them.


Message edited by cjl on 09-20-2009 at 05:17:55 AM
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Silver CPUs badge JohnnyLucky   09-20-2009 at 03:21:33 AM
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Well, as you can see from the responses you hard drive temperature is fine and well within limits.

I am curious, why did you think the hard drive temperature was high?

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Shadow703793   09-20-2009 at 04:14:12 AM
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^Because 100F+ is hot for most humans :lol:

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