What is your take on this method?
Hotter drive temps (no fans blowing at them directly) or cooler (away from hot air)?
>>54945554
better put them inside a cage and have a fan blowing from beneath
Heat rises
>>54945554
I have to case too. My drive temps went up a couple degrees, but nothing major desu. The airflow in the front is worth the trade off for sure.
>>54945643
Yeah, but I'm wondering, keeping the hdd's in a cage in front of 2x120mm fans I've never got temps below 30c. Also vibration are sometimes annoying. Wondering if this would help.
>>54945554
The back is the only place for an SSD. It doesn't need to be secured for any real reason.
do drive temps ever cause any problems?
>>54945665
In my current build I get 32c on a 850 evo and WD 1tb respectively, and 34c on a seagate 3tb
>>54945554
Hard disk actually last longer when warmer (>40C). There was a study about it.
I think repeatedly heating and cooling a hard disk will cause more problems than leaving it warm.
>>54945554
>Kingston
kill yourself
They'll never reach dangerous temperatures anyways, so it doesn't matter where you put it.
>>54945554
Unless your drives are anywhere in 25-50C range, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. If they exceed 50's - adjust cooling and drives placement.
>>54945724
It's a stock pic of a case I want to buy. Kingston is not a bad ssd choice though. Bit on the budget side but why hate?
>>54945665
What do you think about it? What air setup you did with it? I plan on adding 2x120mm in the front and one 120 at the bottom. Bothers me it doesn't have any fan control so I'm looking for a good pwm splitter as well.
Is the cooling and noise suppression good?
>>54945554
Never gave a fuck how hot my hdds got, never had one break, still have drives from 10 years ago in my pc
>>54945783
He hates Kingston SSDs because he regrets his purchase decision.
>>54945721
>tfw all your drives are ~42C 24/7
>>54945554
Wish my case had it, room for more airflow and shit that way.
>>54945704
Just about quadruples your HDD failure odds if it's regularly over 50 C. That being said it's hard to get there.
>>54945643
ur dum
HDD/SSD mounted at the back is a super comfy option.
1. More space in the case itself
2. Airflow unimpeded by cages
3. Lots of room for custom loops
The only thing I don't like about that define S case is that it has no psu shroud.
>>54947834
Don't you have to overclock your drives to get them that hot?