I'm just about finished with my plans for a block and have 1 remaining question. Since the heat we're talking about here is very little, aproximately 20watts is it necessary to have a pair of side blocks or could one get away with having only a single sideblock.
The block would be a strip of Cu same profile as the HD, the thickness is still under consideration. I'll either do a rotor style block or a cross drilled style.
The chassis of a HD is a chunk of aluminum which is a rather good cunductor of heat. So if I lap the side of the drive merely to remove the paint and insure its true then apply the copper block, the drive should stay cool. Since the drive doesn't put out that much heat there shouldn't be a huge variance across the drive.
Does this sound doable or does the drive really need a pair of coolers?
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