On 8/16/06, Ian Kabeary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/15/06, Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> According to the drive enclosure advertisements,
> metal case is better for heat dissipation, but I have no hard
> evidence. These units have the "standard" external AC->DC chunky
> blocks.
My enclosure is made of aluminum. Supposedly, you dont need a fan with an
aluminum case. I was quite skeptical as I have seen a lot of other
enclosures use fans, but while it does get rather warm, like the underside
of a modern notebook, I have not had any issues with hard drives failing /
being damaged / etc. Its a Vantec Nexstar 3.
~Ian
Ditto for mine - aluminum and not uncomforatablly warm. Since I only
need it for backups, I'm sure everything will be OK.
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