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| Thread ID: 73903 | 2006-11-05 03:59:00 | External Hard Drive cooling strategies | Nyoni (11392) | Press F1 |
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| 496543 | 2006-11-05 03:59:00 | I am looking at external hard drive enclosures and it seems to me thjat there are two basic cooling strategies. The first seems to be to put the HD in a fairly solid aluminum enclosure which is supposed to act as a heat-sink. The other type is a lightweight enclosure which protects the hd with ventiolation holes for cooling. It seems to me thaty for the heatssink approach to work the HD would have to have PHYSICAL contact for effective heat transfer to take place. The enclosures I have seen do not achieve this and have a small airspace between drive and eclosure. It seems to me that this would defect the opbjective and is likely to aggrevate the problem by acting as an insulator. Are there any informed opinions out there? |
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| 496544 | 2006-11-05 04:06:00 | I have seen one HHD enclosure that had a mini fan built into the enclosure. Basically starts up when you power on the HDD. I think one of my mates had it. Not sure what brand it was.. So if you lookin for a HHD enclosure with suitable cooling than try looking for these ones with mini fans in them.... hope this helps! | ronyville (10611) | ||
| 496545 | 2006-11-05 05:03:00 | pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Misty ;) |
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