sounds like you got a dud drive then...RMA that shit. And the heat of 3.5" drives is a bare minimum these days...they easily stay under 40C when suspended in 5.25in bays (with no air blowing over them).Steve_Y wrote:The last 3.5" drive I tried in a quiet PC was a 500Gb Western Digital Caviar SE16. Even carefully enclosed it was much louder than 2x 2.5" drives, and I was unhappy with its temperature in a low airflow system.
Obviously certain newer 3.5" drives are a fair bit quieter, I might give them a try in a future build, but their heat is still an issue.
Most hdd's are rated for temps pushing 50C I belive, so heat really isn't an issue these days. That said, putting one in a SQD and not having any air blow over it might change that. Anyone try that yet?
Either way, the 2.5" sqd is definitely sexy, there's no getting around it :D