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Old October 8, 2010, 12:21 AM
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Default waterc ooling hdd or not?
you know hard drive can get hot... so why not wc it? does it make difference?

Water cooling systems, pc liquid cooling kit, cpu, video card, hard drive seems only available at some stores online...

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enterprise drives like raptor that get quite hot? maybe, although i still prefer by way of air.
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Old October 8, 2010, 09:09 AM
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A complete waste of money.
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Old October 8, 2010, 09:39 AM
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And time. HDD's for the most part dont need active AIR cooling let alone WC!
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Probably a good idea to avoid adding anything to a loop that does not need to be there; more places for leaks, flow restriction, etc.
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If someone is really worried about how hot their hdd runs, active air cooling works just fine. As in put a frigin fan infront of it or on it to blow some cool air and the hdd will cool down quite a bit.
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I am surprised no one has made a SSD water cooling block yet.
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I am surprised no one has made a SSD water cooling block yet.
I'm thinking about putting a series of blocks on my rad.
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I am surprised no one has made a SSD water cooling block yet.

thats what i am going to say... >_>;

what if your case has really poor airflow... i read somewhere that very hot can short the hdd lifetime...
Coding Horror: Hard Drive Temperatures: Be Afraid

i recently check my idling hdd temparture... and it shows as 40c... :0
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thats what i am going to say... >_>;

what if your case has really poor airflow... i read somewhere that very hot can short the hdd lifetime...
Coding Horror: Hard Drive Temperatures: Be Afraid

i recently check my idling hdd temparture... and it shows as 40c... :0
http://static.googleusercontent.com/...k_failures.pdf

40C should be perfectly fine, (probably really good IMO) only need to worry if you get well over 50c.
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