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clocker · 12-17-2005, 09:06 AM

There is a discussion at bit-tech concerning watercooling hard drives.
My participation has been limited to PFTA ("pulled from the ass") conjecture and limited personal experience...and seemingly, so is everyone else's.

So I thought I'd seek some info here, too.

I've never seen a HDD waterblock subjected to anything like the rigorous examination that the CPU/GPU blocks receive, indeed, there does not seem to be any consensus over what part of a drive is suitable to cool.
Some blocks just attach to the chassis side, some plate the top or bottom.

Anyone here have any substantive data on the efficacy of watercooling a hard drive- does one method benefit more than the other and is this a subject worth investigating at all?

12-17-2005, 09:06 AM	#1
clocker Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 29	Watercooling HDDs There is a discussion at bit-tech concerning watercooling hard drives. My participation has been limited to PFTA ("pulled from the ass") conjecture and limited personal experience...and seemingly, so is everyone else's. So I thought I'd seek some info here, too. I've never seen a HDD waterblock subjected to anything like the rigorous examination that the CPU/GPU blocks receive, indeed, there does not seem to be any consensus over what part of a drive is suitable to cool. Some blocks just attach to the chassis side, some plate the top or bottom. Anyone here have any substantive data on the efficacy of watercooling a hard drive- does one method benefit more than the other and is this a subject worth investigating at all?