What cools your HDD better?

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GLO
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What cools your HDD better?

Post by GLO » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:26 am

Im curious to know what would provide more efficient HDD cooling.

The options are:
1. CoolerMaster 4-in-3 Module for Stacker
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or the

Hard Drive Vibration Silencer
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The difference being that the CoolerMaster 4 in 3 module has a 120mm fan blowing across all the HDDs

and the Hard Drive Vibration Silencer relies on the heat being absorbed by the aluminium rails with a fan circulating air (but not as direct as the CoolerMaster solution)

What do you think?

Thanks :?:
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Post by nici » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:32 am

The CoolerMaster will provide the better cooling by far. It will expose the HDD(s) directly to the outside though so it will be noisier.

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Post by GLO » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:57 am

i guess that if i was to retro fit a 120mm fan to blow directly across the HDDs then i could achieve a more efficient cooling with the silencers.

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Post by J. Sparrow » Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:22 pm

If you attach a fan in front of or behind your disks, you'll have better cooling performance than the 4-in-3. That thing's real purpose is fitting 4 drives in a small space.

Have you considered a fan + homemade elastic suspension? it's cheap and works well.

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Post by GLO » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:24 pm

The reason for i like the Coolermaster 4 in 3 or Thermaltake iCageImage
is because it does have that fan blowing air over the HDDs and because they are a 5.5 to 3.5" HDD solution.

I would use a case like the CoolerMaser 532 Centruion which has filtered front panel and front mounted 120mm fan to blow over existing HDDs.

Sounds like the HDD Silencer with a 120mm up front would be the most efficient and quietest solution around.[/url]

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Post by J. Sparrow » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:36 pm

The shot below shows my CM Stacker after I got rid of the 4-in-3 (the grommets were becoming less and less effective - or maybe the HDDs are getting noisier?) - the front has been removed.

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Post by GLO » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:13 pm

J. Sparrow wrote:The shot below shows my CM Stacker after I got rid of the 4-in-3 (the grommets were becoming less and less effective - or maybe the HDDs are getting noisier?) - the front has been removed.

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Thanks for that update. Do you use any fan to blow across it now?

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Post by J. Sparrow » Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:51 pm

Sure, you can see it (?) just behind the drives. There's too little space for one in front, because I used the mounting holes for the elastic bands.

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Post by ShadowVlican » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:37 pm

i have the iCage

it makes 3x 5.25" bays into 3x 3.5" bays

it keeps the drives nice and cool at around 30­°C (load or not)

but it's noisy (even after changing the TT fans to coolermaster sleeve @ 7v) :lol:

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