Sneakys fan club
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:02 pm
Been a bit troubled by HD temps creeping up to 55c.
Salvaged the fan from an expired PSU and back to 31c now
Salvaged the fan from an expired PSU and back to 31c now
see article http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000748.htmlManufacturers measure off quite a modest range of operating temperatures for hard drives, from +5 to +55°C as a rule, and occasionally to +60°C. This operating range is much lower than processors, video cards, or chipsets. Moreover, hard drive reliability depends heavily on their operating temperatures. According to our research, increasing HDD temperature by 5°C has the same effect on reliability as switching from 10% to 100% HDD workload. Each one-degree drop of HDD temperature is equivalent to a 10% increase of HDD service life.