SG01 Hard Drive Temps

NapalmDeath · Post by **NapalmDeath** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:16 am

I'm a little concerned about my hard drive temps with the drive cage setup in the front of the SG-01 and it being somewhat of a dead spot for airflow. I put in an 80mm fan for cross flow, but it's the loudest fan in the system. (PSU is 120mm 800rpm, cpu is NT06, video is VF-900)

The Hard Drive will idle 40C, and load 48C.
Without the 80mm fan it spikes above 50C!
This may be ok by spec, but I hate seeing the HD run hotter than the cpu, and figure it's shortening the lifespan.

Anyone experiment with covering the side holes on the panel? Surprisingly a managed airflow can lower temps instead of wide open. I wish the airflow off the gpu VF-900 would blow over it, but the card itself blocks it.

I also considered trying to side mount it to the left side of the 5.25" drive cage. Make some kind of bracket.
Something like this pic, but I'd likely lose the 80mm fan, but possibly would get airflow off the VF-900.
http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 1111ov.jpg

I already dremeled the drive cage down to a single lower holder to improve airflow.
Is adding a large heatsink to the top of the drive a good idea?

Any thoughts?

thanks

NapalmDeath · Post by **NapalmDeath** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:05 am

Also I forget if it's prefered to mount the metal side up, or the circuit board side up if you must mount it flat.
Mine is currently metal side up, with the 80mm cross flow fan, would adding a 4"x3" copper heatsink like this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835114033 help cooling?

Just want to run the 80mm fan at 5V, yet keep it cool.