4 HDD?s stack cooling with 120mm fan, possible problems?. Small question ? Will placing a 120mm fan flush against a rack of 4 HDD?s (on the face opposite to the connectors) cause any problems? i.e. interference, data loss etc. the 4 HDD?s are stacked one on top of each other with a 10 mm gap between them gonna use one 120mm fat to force air though this stack too cool the HDD?s Regards, Hyperdreamz
I dont think that there would be any problems with it. But i would wait for some other opinions first.
I would recommend not having it flush against them to help elliminate dead spots. I have two 80mm fans half an inch in front of five hard drives.
maybe he just doesn't have the room in the case. perhaps he could use/mod a H20 cooling radiator shroud like this one http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ex-rad-29.html
I agree 100%! I currently have 2 200gb hdd's stacked that way and they get VERY hot. I would recommend no les than half an inch space between hard drives. My 2¢ luvbug
design constraints forcing me to keep it flat against the rack maybe give it another 10 mm gap max would that suffice or should i put a some kind of metal grill b4 it to shield it ? btw how thick is a standard 120 mm fan (120 X 120 X ?? ) i have a chinese made non branded one its 25mm usin this one as a reference
dont need tht i already made some thing better my issue waz wit the a spinning 120 mm fan causing interference with a HDD & would using a metal mesh of screen of some sort prevent any such interference ?? post picture in my project log soon Hyperdreamz Cube
