Cool My Primary Hd

[kaiweiler]

Alright :)
I am lookin for some suggestions or opinions on where to place 2X80mm fans to cool mostly my Primary HD, this is how I have it set up at the moment.
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I am thinking of putting an 80mm fan:
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just wonderin which would be better and what way to make airflow....
remember, trying to cool Primary HD
suggestions anyone?
I could also rearrange my drives it anyone has any ideas that could keep my HD's cooler ;)

[Virtualbody1234]

Isn't it obvious?

http://filesharingtalk.com/sigs/pr2.gif

[kaiweiler]

I have holes there for a 120mm, no 80mm holes though...
and too lazy to make an adapter...
arenèt there any others good ways :huh:

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

buy one of these (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-122-004&depa=0). they work nice and they cool the drive down, plus you can swap the drive with your friends if they have the same set up. makes it nice for music/movie swaps. :D

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@28 March 2004 - 22:35
buy one of these (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-122-004&depa=0). they work nice and they cool the drive down, plus you can swap the drive with your friends if they have the same set up. makes it nice for music/movie swaps. :D
do you have one?

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

heres a pic of it in my comp
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[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@28 March 2004 - 22:38
heres a pic of it in my comp
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nice!
and it really cools your drive?
is that temp reading the HD temp or case temp?

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

the LCD lights up, but the flash from the camera overrides it

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+28 March 2004 - 20:39--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 28 March 2004 - 20:39)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mïcrösöül°V³@28 March 2004 - 22:38
heres a pic of it in my comp
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nice&#33;
and it really cools your drive?
is that temp reading the HD temp or case temp? [/b][/quote]
its the HDD temp. i have a 120gb maxtor in it, and it reads about 32C all the time.

[kaiweiler]

that&#39;s not bad...any idea what the temp would be without the other thing?
i would put my maxtor 80gb in it, so that would be even lower i bet

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@28 March 2004 - 20:44
that&#39;s not bad...any idea what the temp would be without the other thing?
i would put my maxtor 80gb in it, so that would be even lower i bet
the temps get even lower than that when i have my tornado fans running (they are not running right now) and 80 gb drive should be lower in temp, plus, these thing look really cool. ill take a pic of it out of the case if you want

[kaiweiler]

I looked around to the stores I usually order from and only one has it&#33; and it&#39;s &#036;60 canadian&#33;&#33; I didn&#39;t think it&#39;d be that much if it was only 28 american....bah

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@28 March 2004 - 21:57
I looked around to the stores I usually order from and only one has it&#33; and it&#39;s &#036;60 canadian&#33;&#33; I didn&#39;t think it&#39;d be that much if it was only 28 american....bah
you say it has a spot for a 120mm fan? why not just buy a 120mm fan? its hella lot cheaper than buying that hard drive tray thing. that or you could just screw teh 80mm fan on using only one screw...

[kaiweiler]

yeah i could...but that tray thing looks quite cool, and you can take it places lol
i may just buy a 120mm, i gotta find a quiet one though

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@28 March 2004 - 21:08
yeah i could...but that tray thing looks quite cool, and you can take it places lol
i may just buy a 120mm, i gotta find a quiet one though
cant you buy it from newegg.com? is the price that different?

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³+28 March 2004 - 23:21--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mïcrösöül°V³ @ 28 March 2004 - 23:21)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kaiweiler@28 March 2004 - 21:08
yeah i could...but that tray thing looks quite cool, and you can take it places lol
i may just buy a 120mm, i gotta find a quiet one though
cant you buy it from newegg.com? is the price that different? [/b][/quote]
newegg doesn&#39;t ship to Canada I dont think...
otherwise i would because I can&#39;t buy that that cheap here

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

you should check and see if they ship to CA (its not like CA is a terrorist state) :D

[tesco]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³@28 March 2004 - 22:45
you should check and see if they ship to CA (its not like CA is a terrorist state) :D
canada isnt a state :frusty:

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+28 March 2004 - 21:52--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 28 March 2004 - 21:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mïcrösöül°V³@28 March 2004 - 22:45
you should check and see if they ship to CA (its not like CA is a terrorist state)&nbsp; :D
canada isnt a state :frusty: [/b][/quote]
ok ..country.............sheesh, i didnt know i was going to be nailed for my grammar :P

[tesco]

Originally posted by Mïcrösöül°V³+28 March 2004 - 23:08--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mïcrösöül°V³ @ 28 March 2004 - 23:08)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@28 March 2004 - 21:52
<!--QuoteBegin-Mïcrösöül°V³@28 March 2004 - 22:45
you should check and see if they ship to CA (its not like CA is a terrorist state) :D
canada isnt a state :frusty:
ok ..country.............sheesh, i didnt know i was going to be nailed for my grammar :P [/b][/quote]
:lol:

[kaiweiler]

Checked it out and they only ship to the US :angry:
and that would only be about 38 canadian, as opposed to the 62 at the other place I order from....bah&#33;

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@28 March 2004 - 23:34
Checked it out and they only ship to the US :angry:
and that would only be about 38 canadian, as opposed to the 62 at the other place I order from....bah&#33;
you could always just buy one of the coolers on this page (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/category_slc.asp?CatId=495) it doesnt look as good as microsouls but it is a lot cheaper...

[kaiweiler]

Those look decent...
this (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=310675&Sku=T925-1046&CatId=495) one looks the best to me...fastest fan rpm, but also fairly quiet at 23 dba
also only 40 bucks or so, not that bad....
Here it is on the Thermaltake site.... (http://www.thermaltake.com/accessories/hardcano/a1278.htm)
What do you guys think? looks decent to me

[Virtualbody1234]

Don&#39;t spend so much money on that. Its a small fan that will only move a small amount of air and be noisy.


I have holes there for a 120mm
Go and buy a 120mm fan. A lot less expensive and much more effective. You can also slow it down to a whisper.

[kaiweiler]

Alright, I think I may...
If you screw on an 80mm fan into just one hole of a 120mm spot, wouldn&#39;t there be a lot of vibration as it is not totally secure?
because if not i will just do that, I could screw one into one of the top holes, and one into one of the bottom holes, as I have two extra 80mm fans...
woould this be overkill? would just one 80mm cool it enough?
I don&#39;t really wanna spend 25 bucks on just a 120mm fan...

[Virtualbody1234]

Try with one. Are you really having overheating problems with the drive?

[kaiweiler]

I&#39;ll give it a try
my HD isn&#39;t fully overheating, but when i power off and feel it it is quite hot
and since I have 2 extra 80mm fans sittin around i figure that&#39;d be the best component to use them on

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 16:18
I&#39;ll give it a try
my HD isn&#39;t fully overheating, but when i power off and feel it it is quite hot
and since I have 2 extra 80mm fans sittin around i figure that&#39;d be the best component to use them on
then go ahead and do it. try two fans and if it is too loud just use teh one.

btw, how are your cpu temps doing? did u get them lower with that gigabyte cooler?

edit: where can i check my hard drive temps? i dont think mine has a sensor, or is there some special driver i need for the drive? i think mine would be really low because i have my bottom front exhaust blowing right onto it and it feels cool too.

[FlyingDutchman]

Rossco,

Aida32 >> Storage >> Smart will give you your HD temps,
and MBM5 will give them on your taskbar, like here

http://www.bijlard.demon.nl/pics2/Taskbar.gif

CPU temp , board temp, HD1 , HD2

[tesco]

Originally posted by FlyingDutchman@29 March 2004 - 19:02
Rossco,

Aida32 >> Storage >> Smart&nbsp; &nbsp; will give you your HD temps,
and MBM5 will give them on your taskbar, like here

http://www.bijlard.demon.nl/pics2/Taskbar.gif

CPU temp , board temp, HD1 , HD2
not shown in either one..i guess my hard drive doesnt support it then?

edit: you gotta lot of icons in ur sys tray, ive got 4...
http://filesharingtalk.com/sigs/my%20icons.jpg

[FlyingDutchman]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+30 March 2004 - 00:10--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 30 March 2004 - 00:10)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-FlyingDutchman@29 March 2004 - 19:02
Rossco,

Aida32 >> Storage >> Smart&nbsp; &nbsp; will give you your HD temps,
and MBM5 will give them on your taskbar, like here

http://www.bijlard.demon.nl/pics2/Taskbar.gif

CPU temp , board temp, HD1 , HD2
not shown in either one..i guess my hard drive doesnt support it then? [/b][/quote]
Do you have SMART enabled in your BIOS then?

[tesco]

Originally posted by FlyingDutchman+29 March 2004 - 19:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FlyingDutchman @ 29 March 2004 - 19:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@30 March 2004 - 00:10
<!--QuoteBegin-FlyingDutchman@29 March 2004 - 19:02
Rossco,

Aida32 >> Storage >> Smart will give you your HD temps,
and MBM5 will give them on your taskbar, like here

http://www.bijlard.demon.nl/pics2/Taskbar.gif

CPU temp , board temp, HD1 , HD2
not shown in either one..i guess my hard drive doesnt support it then?
Do you have SMART enabled in your BIOS then? [/b][/quote]
yup, it shows info on some stuff in aida32 but just not hdd temp. my drive is pretty old, its probably got no sensor.

[FlyingDutchman]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@30 March 2004 - 00:16
yup, it shows info on some stuff in aida32 but just not hdd temp. my drive is pretty old, its probably got no sensor.
Oh well,

You will really have to try to buy a HD without SMART nowadays,
so your next one probably will have SMART...... :lol:

[tesco]

Originally posted by FlyingDutchman+29 March 2004 - 19:20--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FlyingDutchman @ 29 March 2004 - 19:20)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@30 March 2004 - 00:16
yup, it shows info on some stuff in aida32 but just not hdd temp. my drive is pretty old, its probably got no sensor.
Oh well,

You will really have to try to buy a HD without SMART nowadays,
so your next one probably will have SMART...... :lol: [/b][/quote]
it does have SMART, but no sensor FOR TEMPs not no sensor for smart lol. even my old 8gb in my old computer has smart lol. but none of my drives have temperature sensors.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@29 March 2004 - 18:14
btw, how are your cpu temps doing? did u get them lower with that gigabyte cooler?
yup, my temps are much better now
I took off the gigabyte cooler and removed all the old AS5 on it, and cleaned it all up, then put on a thinner layer of AS% and remounted it, much better&#33;
dropped my temps by quite a bit, also looks really cool&#33; B)

[Mïcrösöül°V³]

i have a western digital with no temp reading, but my maxtor drives all have temp readings with aida32. i am also partial to maxtor. excellent drives

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler+29 March 2004 - 21:53--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kaiweiler @ 29 March 2004 - 21:53)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@29 March 2004 - 18:14
btw, how are your cpu temps doing? did u get them lower with that gigabyte cooler?
yup, my temps are much better now
I took off the gigabyte cooler and removed all the old AS5 on it, and cleaned it all up, then put on a thinner layer of AS% and remounted it, much better&#33;
dropped my temps by quite a bit, also looks really cool&#33; B) [/b][/quote]
maybe ill try doing that on mine :lol: u were my ginny pig lol.

[kaiweiler]

lol gee thanks
well it worked for me
do you have the same cooler? or just do the same to your heatsink?

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:04
lol gee thanks
well it worked for me
do you have the same cooler? or just do the same to your heatsink?
well my temps are really high, and ive tried everything to fix it. lots more fans, had 2 mounted on heatsync once, lots of as5, normal amount, different heatsyncs, nothing got it much lower.

my vcore is at 1.74v, which i dont think is normal for my processor, but it may be...

now i think maybe its because i have too much as5. how little did u put on? was it a really little amount or what? lol, u probably wont tell me now lol.

[kaiweiler]

lol&#33;
I just put a very very thin layer on it, I just a matchead size drop in the middle of the chip and spread it over with a credit card in a really thin layer, so that you can almost see the chip through it....

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:16
lol&#33;
I just put a very very thin layer on it, I just a matchead size drop in the middle of the chip and spread it over with a credit card in a really thin layer, so that you can almost see the chip through it....
alright willll dooo.. so what are ur temps now? and what were they before? i just want to know what to look forward too... :P i bet mine wont change... :frusty:

[kaiweiler]

well with to much AS5 on it, my idle CPU temp was approx 50&#33;&#33; :(
but now my idle cpu temp has dropped to about 30-33 :P
so it makes quite a difference&#33;

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:21
well with to much AS5 on it, my idle CPU temp was approx 50&#33;&#33; :(
but now my idle cpu temp has dropped to about 30-33 :P
so it makes quite a difference&#33;
:D :D i truly hope thet that is the problem&#33; but then ill probably shoot myself for not thinking of doing this earlier <_< .

do you guys remember that raiserblade guy that was here last year just before christmas and he posted something like whats the point to life and stuff, and his topic was moved to lounge or something. what u guys think happened to him? is he still around somewhere or has he not posted since then? i hope hes okay...

[kaiweiler]

lol yeah, i hope that&#39;s the problem for you, cuz then your temps should drop a lot&#33;
yeah i remember that guy&#33;&#33; I think he actually went through with his plan....I havn&#39;t heard from him since then :ph34r:

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:26
yeah i remember that guy&#33;&#33; I think he actually went through with his plan....I havn&#39;t heard from him since then&nbsp; :ph34r:
:ph34r: :( :unsure: :( :cry1: :( :sadwalk: :o

:lol: http://filesharingtalk.com/generator/smilies/394300252.png ;)

[kaiweiler]

lol, oh well, if he did it&#39;s no big loss to us....
unless you actually knew him, then it sucks&#33; lol

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:35
lol, oh well, if he did it&#39;s no big loss to us....
unless you actually knew him, then it sucks&#33; lol
I DID&#33; no just kidding, if i did then i think i would know if hes been dead for, uhh, many many months...

[kaiweiler]

yeah that seems a bit odd
i don&#39;t know how anyone could just leave here? once your here your usually addicted for life....
so somethin musta happened to him&#33; there&#39;s no other way....
anyways, this is turning into a lounge convo&#33;
to turn it back...
you know of any good liquid coolers that are effective/silentish/ don&#39;t cost to much?

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:41
anyways, this is turning into a lounge convo&#33;
to turn it back...
you know of any good liquid coolers that are effective/silentish/ don&#39;t cost to much?
NO :lol: i dont think thats possible, effective, silent, AND reasonably priced? impossible. :lol:

[kaiweiler]

lol it was silentish&#33; :lol:
and by reasonably priced i mean not payin a fuckin thousand dollars or some bullshit like that

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 March 2004 - 22:51
lol it was silentish&#33; :lol:
and by reasonably priced i mean not payin a fuckin thousand dollars or some bullshit like that
exactly, i guess it would be water cooling...u got msn? or aol? i just got that trillian program so i can tlk to everyone on IM instead of just msn people&#33;

[kaiweiler]

yep, i got msn and icq&#33; PM me