On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 03:10:11PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-06-22 14:03:10, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > 45-55 C seems a little hot. They will probalby work for you but your > > drives will probably die sooner than later. Either they are too close > > together and/or you need more direct fans on your drives. > > I think normal operating temps for drives is between 35 and 40 C. > > perhaps check with your drive manufacturer and check the recommended > > All of my HDD's are running nearly @ 49°C since years even with heavy > 120mm cooling fans. My SATA WD Raptor are even hotter. arround 58°C. > > My fivetyn WD800BB and eight Samsung SP802N are running since over 3 > years without any problems between 48 and 60 ¬C, e.g. my FileServer: ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > You will get only 35-40°C if you do not use the Disks and they only > spining.
By comparision with a fileserver: My Athlon64 with dual Seagate Barracuda 7200 SATA drives (raid1) under normal desktop use run at about 27C. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]