Steve Litt wrote:
>On Saturday 23 April 2005 07:50 pm, smitty wrote:
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>>http://cheapbooks.com/bracket/bracket.html
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>The solution in the article isn't as cheap as stated. First, muffin fans cost
>$5 to $7. Second, running the fan 24/7 has a definite cost, eventually
>outstripping the $35.00 you spend on a heatsink type device. The heatsink
>device has two tiny fans, but I doubt they use nearly the electricity of the
>80mm fan.
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>The other thing is this. Much of the bottom of a hard disk is the circuit
>board, which blocks air access to the metal parts. Heat sink type devices
>have intimate contact with the metal case of the hard disk.
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>SteveT
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>Steve Litt
>Founder and acting president: GoLUG
>http://www.golug.org
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I'm sure thats a cheap way of cooling harddrives but I would prefer
buying a quality case that also has a fan in front of drives and if
thats not enough use a heatsink like SteveT mentioned, Another idea is
to make your own hdd cage that would conduct the heat from the drives
but your talking more than $35
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