AdenOne wrote:
>> Is either of them blowing past the HDD?
>
> No.
>
>> I don't even consider running a 7,200rpm (or faster) drive unless it's
>> _directly_ cooled by at least one 80mm fan. (I prefer a 120mm fan.)
>
> And how do you propose I mount such a fan, as my case has no mounting
> holes for a fan near the HDD area? I cannot buy a 5.25" HDD cooler as
> both of my 5" bays are used.
>
>> You *do* have a lot to learn don't you?
>>
>> Word; it's far less expensive to learn about something *before* you do it.
>
> I admit I might not know everything about everything like some people,
> thats why I ask. Luckily I have the cash to replace anything that
> breaks in my computers. And I have never once yet had to replace
> something I broke through stupidity, in over 8 years of working with
> computers every day. HDD companies should say "heatsink and\or fan
> required" - nowhere do they provide information on maximum heat levels
> and so on.

I've used fan such as this in the past with moderate success:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835888105

Those small fans are a bit of a crap shoot, as some of them are noisy
right out of the box. It took 15C right off a pair of hard drives I had
in a situation similar to what you've described.