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iroc409 · 12-09-2002, 07:31 PM

ok, not sure if i'm putting this in the right place, but since it has to do with peltier cooling, i put it here. admin move it if necessary

anyway, just some thoughts. has anyone used a peltier to cool a hard drive? i was pondering this last night, and thought maybe it would be useful.

basically the design would be to make a heat sink the same width/length of the hard drive, with a flat spot in the middle for a peltier. then, put a small (probably 80W or less) peltier on the hard drive, and of course a hs on the peltier. could even watercool it, but it's supposed to be somewhat simple. the fins on the baseplate would also help cooling redundancy, in case the peltier failed. i run my system basically 24/7, so i want some fail-safe in it while i'm away.

would this setup be reasonable, or am i just being silly? the other options of course are just a couple fans, or watercooling, but the watercooling makes the setup i'm working on just a lot more complex than seems necessary.

the other consideration is what side is best for active cooling like this... top or bottom? i would presume this setup would be best on the top, and then maybe even adding the small dual-fan setup on the bottom for some extra kick.

the setup i'm designing right now isn't exatcly going for silence, just efficiency & dependability. i'm used to very noisey computers

i'll work on some pictures for my idea, to shed more light on the subject if this seems like a decent idea.

any ideas would be appreciated. thanks.

BTW: space really isn't a big issue, it's going in a full tower case, and the system will only use 1 hard drive, so if it takes up more than one hdd bay, that would be ok.

12-09-2002, 07:31 PM	#1
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	peltier hdd cooling... ok, not sure if i'm putting this in the right place, but since it has to do with peltier cooling, i put it here. admin move it if necessary anyway, just some thoughts. has anyone used a peltier to cool a hard drive? i was pondering this last night, and thought maybe it would be useful. basically the design would be to make a heat sink the same width/length of the hard drive, with a flat spot in the middle for a peltier. then, put a small (probably 80W or less) peltier on the hard drive, and of course a hs on the peltier. could even watercool it, but it's supposed to be somewhat simple. the fins on the baseplate would also help cooling redundancy, in case the peltier failed. i run my system basically 24/7, so i want some fail-safe in it while i'm away. would this setup be reasonable, or am i just being silly? the other options of course are just a couple fans, or watercooling, but the watercooling makes the setup i'm working on just a lot more complex than seems necessary. the other consideration is what side is best for active cooling like this... top or bottom? i would presume this setup would be best on the top, and then maybe even adding the small dual-fan setup on the bottom for some extra kick. the setup i'm designing right now isn't exatcly going for silence, just efficiency & dependability. i'm used to very noisey computers i'll work on some pictures for my idea, to shed more light on the subject if this seems like a decent idea. any ideas would be appreciated. thanks. BTW: space really isn't a big issue, it's going in a full tower case, and the system will only use 1 hard drive, so if it takes up more than one hdd bay, that would be ok.