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nicozeg · 02-07-2004, 06:48 PM

For the test I placed the disk on the edgeoutside the case, away of air currents. Then run different HDD intensive apps for about two hours. At that time dtemp had stabilized, reporting 42º-43º, then I measured.

Color don't make a noticeable difference, the black parts showed the same when covered with masking tape. Only metal surfaces read bad, so i covered the motor's center with tape, and read the cover on the white sticker.

Meassured temps were the following:

Motor = 40.2º
Base = 39.2º
Side =38.8º
Cover =36.4º

So the total delta between the coldest and hottest spot on the drive, excluding chips, was 3.8ºC. Not a big thing to me, considering that the goal is to keep it reasonably cool. I'm not going to overclock my hdd, just want to lower the airflow need.

I'm prety sure that all you need to watercool a drive is just a spit on any surface, but now i know that my spit is going to be 3-4ºC more efficient on the underside.

02-07-2004, 06:48 PM	#92
nicozeg Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Posts: 403	For the test I placed the disk on the edgeoutside the case, away of air currents. Then run different HDD intensive apps for about two hours. At that time dtemp had stabilized, reporting 42º-43º, then I measured. Color don't make a noticeable difference, the black parts showed the same when covered with masking tape. Only metal surfaces read bad, so i covered the motor's center with tape, and read the cover on the white sticker. Meassured temps were the following: Motor = 40.2º Base = 39.2º Side =38.8º Cover =36.4º So the total delta between the coldest and hottest spot on the drive, excluding chips, was 3.8ºC. Not a big thing to me, considering that the goal is to keep it reasonably cool. I'm not going to overclock my hdd, just want to lower the airflow need. I'm prety sure that all you need to watercool a drive is just a spit on any surface, but now i know that my spit is going to be 3-4ºC more efficient on the underside.