HardDrive cooling, what is good?

[topaimz]

Two factors that needs to be reduced is HEAT and NOISE/VIBRATION

I found two solutions that intrigued me

http://www.acryan.com/_xtor/ACR-HD4098.shtml
and
http://www.silenx.com/hdd_luxurae.asp

If anyone has suggestions or personal experience in HD cooling,
plz leave a comment :)

Thanks

[uOpt]

There is absolutely no need for anything else than a fan directly in front of the drive.

The surface of the drive is so large that any decent airflow keeps it nice and cool.

I have one 80mm low-rpm Panaflo in front of my array (3 disks close to each other, 1 fan) and it keeps it perfectly cool.

Turning off the fan quickly goes above safe temps.

[topaimz]

Ok, if it was any other drive I would, as I do for my old system, just get a HD cage and install a 120mm fan at front.

However I've put in an order for 2 x 150gb Raptor X...
Those littl' buggers vibrate like a female *censored* toy set on high, and create alot of heat compared to other drives... (10k rpm has its price :P)

So, which one do ya think would be better? I need comments/personal experiences and opinons~!

[high5]

for starters, tell me what temps are your HDDs running at? anything under 40°C is very good, if not great.

as for vibrations, don't waste your money on various crap. the cheapest, and the best solution is DIY HDD suspension like this:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=8&page=1 (scroll down to 'Suspending the Hard Drive')

nothing else comes even close in terms of eliminating HDD vibrations.

check the 'Silent storage' section on SPCR forums, you'll find all your answers there: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewforum.php?f=7

EDIT: links fixed.

[Daveb2012]

I don't think HD cooling is ever neccessary if your HD is too hot then your case temps are too high.

[uOpt]

I don't think HD cooling is ever neccessary if your HD is too hot then your case temps are too high.

This is not true.

A harddrive without a fan directly in front of it gets too hot in any closed case, even decently ventitaled ones.

You should always watch the temp sensors via SMART.

Seagate used to recommend keeping them below 50 C, but now they say 60 C. That's nice of them, but doesn't change the fact that 10 C difference will usually expand the lifetime of electronics but a factor of two. So aiming for the 50 C is probably not a bad idea either way.

[jabski]

I use a coolermaster 5 and a coolermaster 4 to cool my hdd's. It works well as long as you got 2 bays free to have them in.