Disk drive cooling kits

daschneider · Post by **daschneider** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:40 pm

I hear the Raptor drives run pretty hot. Has anyone tried any of the disk cooling kits and do they work well? Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:01 pm

it costs less and works better just to use some rubber bands and an 80mm fan.

pointreyes · Post by **pointreyes** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:54 pm

infinitevalence wrote:it costs less and works better just to use some rubber bands and an 80mm fan.

And much, much quieter than those miserable 40mm fans that are in some of those enclosures.

Dragon_Cooler · Post by **Dragon_Cooler** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:25 am

yes the raptors do get hot, but its nothing to worry about. they actually run cooler than most drives belive it or not. unless you are ubar worried, than i wouldnt do anything about it

Kill_A._Byte · Post by **Kill_A._Byte** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:09 am

Depending on your case configuration you may be able to mount the hd in the path of the air intake on the front of your case. Then add a fan with a filter to help with the cooling and keep the dust bunnies out.

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:47 am

I got the antec p180 case. mounted a 120mm fan right infront of them for intake to the case and air over them. works great.