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gmat · 12-19-2005, 05:17 AM

Yep i recall a discussion with the Maxtor guy on Storagereview who explained that the heat path in HDDs was meant to pass through sides (and certainly not the top part). He said that the air friction on the platters, and the engine itself were usually the most hot elements. So either you put a probe on the bottom of the spindle (which is usually accessible) or you put it on a side (on the bottom half, of course)
But i insist, there's no use testing that with a 'common' ATA drive which needs no active cooling anyway, or even a Raptor which does fine with a good passive cooling box.

12-19-2005, 05:17 AM	#11
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Re: Watercooling HDDs Yep i recall a discussion with the Maxtor guy on Storagereview who explained that the heat path in HDDs was meant to pass through sides (and certainly not the top part). He said that the air friction on the platters, and the engine itself were usually the most hot elements. So either you put a probe on the bottom of the spindle (which is usually accessible) or you put it on a side (on the bottom half, of course) But i insist, there's no use testing that with a 'common' ATA drive which needs no active cooling anyway, or even a Raptor which does fine with a good passive cooling box.