HDD Life in a low noise system in Perth
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:21 am
Basically I have an Antec p150 with an e6300 (stock fan) and a x1950pro with a vf900 on it. The stock exhaust fan I have set to run on low and I"m using the stock PSU. The room does not have any air conditioning in it but I do my best to keep it cool (Windows open when there's a sea breeze, lights only on if necessary and the curtains are almost always closed). I have two ahrddrives, both seagates, one an 80GB SATA and the other a 160GB IDE, both are suspended by those nifty pieces of elastic.
I really enjoy how I have to put my ear quite close to my PC to check if it's on a lot of the time (The PC is in the same room I sleep in so when I built it I didn't plug in any of the lights). I don't thrash my PC all the time but I do play BF: Vietnam online (Soon to be BF2 or SW: Battlefront 2) and occasionally leave it online to download movies and applications that are completely legal to download without paying for (Naturally).
I was just wondering, would my hdd life be affected to adversely by sticking it in this kind of environment?Should I just mount the hdds on the standard mounting device, I don't mind hearing that clicky sort of noise now and then but I do love never hearing it anymore though.
I really enjoy how I have to put my ear quite close to my PC to check if it's on a lot of the time (The PC is in the same room I sleep in so when I built it I didn't plug in any of the lights). I don't thrash my PC all the time but I do play BF: Vietnam online (Soon to be BF2 or SW: Battlefront 2) and occasionally leave it online to download movies and applications that are completely legal to download without paying for (Naturally).
I was just wondering, would my hdd life be affected to adversely by sticking it in this kind of environment?Should I just mount the hdds on the standard mounting device, I don't mind hearing that clicky sort of noise now and then but I do love never hearing it anymore though.