Wrong. The hottest part of a HDD is actually the engine, which is situated *under* the unit.
All HDDs i've seen have a removable top screwed on and sandwiching an O-ring or a rubber joint. That means, an insulator.
So the hottest part is the underside, which is the same as the sides (half of them at least..). So cooling down the sides is actually the best way to do it.
If you try to cool down the top, you're cooling the 'hot part' through a rubber layer...
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