Harddrive - lower heat and sound

Zehnsucht · Post by **Zehnsucht** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:25 am

I have the drive decoupled now in my 5,25" bay with these http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*83817/action*2563 , and although they stop the vibrations, I can still hear it spin since I'm sitting ~25 cm from it.(This is the only thing that can be heard since I only have one fan in the system).

Idles at 50-55 and can easily hit 60's at load, thus my concern for lowering temps.

I can't have it anywhere else in the case without creating custom fitting, and I would prefer having it where it is now since I'm tired of modding now.

SOOOO to the point, am considering one of the following:

HFX VERTICAL SILENCE HDD COOLER - 50 â‚¬
Scythe Quiet Drive HD - 34 â‚¬

Are there any other worth considering (fanless of course)?

[F]bernZ · Post by **[F]bernZ** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:01 am

My assumption is that you have the 2500KS.

In that case, subtract about 20C from your hard drive's temperature. The 2500KS series (not aaks) suffered from a miscalibrated temperature sensor.

Zehnsucht · Post by **Zehnsucht** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:18 am

Yup, that's right, I have the 2500KKS.
But the drive is burning hot when I put my finger on it, but it's maybe normal?

Ligushka · Post by **Ligushka** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 2:08 pm

[F]bernZ wrote:My assumption is that you have the 2500KS.

In that case, subtract about 20C from your hard drive's temperature. The 2500KS series (not aaks) suffered from a miscalibrated temperature sensor.

My 2500KS died, and I RMA'd it. This (recertified) drive seems to have an accurate temperature sensor. My old one always reported 60C though, and that was faulty.

Zehnsucht · Post by **Zehnsucht** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:52 pm

In that case, I think that my sensor shows the right temperature, since I've just bought it. When taking the cover off I get down to 40C. I'm going to try weldning my own heatsinks and apply some dampening material before I think of buying either solution.