5" brackets for HD

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Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, that
goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there
already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the
extra fans be overkill?
 
Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, that
goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there
already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the
extra fans be overkill?
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It depends on the temperature in your case.
 
Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, that
goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there
already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the
extra fans be overkill?
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Generally speaking, cooler is always better when it comes to electronic
components. Hard drives are extremely precise and heat will really take a
toll on their accuracy and performance. Naturally they have callibration
circuits built in to compensate for the heat but if you keep the heat to
a minimum, the drive will last longer and perform better.

I use the drive bays because I want to get the maximum bang for my buck.
If you have the drives stacked tight, those tiny fans can make a sizable
difference in the operating temp while performing DVD burn, gaming or
defrag..
 
Generally speaking, cooler is always better when it comes to
electronic components. Hard drives are extremely precise and heat will
really take a toll on their accuracy and performance. Naturally they
have callibration circuits built in to compensate for the heat but if
you keep the heat to a minimum, the drive will last longer and perform
better.

I use the drive bays because I want to get the maximum bang for my
buck. If you have the drives stacked tight, those tiny fans can make a
sizable difference in the operating temp while performing DVD burn,
gaming or defrag..
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Thank you both. I finally got my external drive to work, after about 30
minutes of teeth clenching because it wasnt recognised. But finally it
did... loose cable I think.

Earlier when opening up the case to put the firewire card in I noticed
that one of the drives inside was whirring like a turbine. Maybe its
always been that way but I dont remember it doing it that much, but it
has been beaten to death with read/writes. Its a WD 40GB that I have
planned on using to experiment with Linux on.

The new one in the enclosure is a seagate, and even with the top plate
off and copying lots of data I could hardly hear it running.

cheers :-)
 
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