HDD Temps???

niceguyrichy · Oct 28, 2005, 12:58 AM

What's a general kinda safe temp for a hdd??

My 200G sata barracuda is getting up to 40°c+ after a couple hours use.

I know it's not a huge temperature, but I figure best to ask now and sound like a noob than risk decreasing the life span of my drive.

mkk · Oct 28, 2005, 02:58 AM

Keeping below 50C during intense use like defragmenting would be a safe general rule, while the thermal specs vary some between different products.

Randy P · Oct 28, 2005, 04:23 AM

My temps get up around 37...do you have a HD cooler?

Lowfat · Oct 28, 2005, 07:10 AM

I've never seen my hard drive temp over 27°C, and that was defraggin.

niceguyrichy · Oct 28, 2005, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy P

My temps get up around 37...do you have a HD cooler?

no cooler, no.
I didn't think I'd need one with the case that I have (2x 120mm case fans).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulcakelume

I've never seen my hard drive temp over 27°C, and that was defraggin.

your hdd is practically the same as mine isn't it.
all I was doing with my pc when I noticed the hdd temp was surfing.

I'l have to defrag and watch what the temps do.

Lowfat · Oct 28, 2005, 11:24 AM

do you have a fan by your HDD(s)?. I have a low speed 120mm directly infront of mine.

niceguyrichy · Oct 28, 2005, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulcakelume

do you have a fan by your HDD(s)?. I have a low speed 120mm directly infront of mine.

which side is 'in front'?

I have one behind, shown as pink, the hdd is orange.

that pink fan draws front to back.

PangingJr · Oct 28, 2005, 12:40 PM

talking about hard disk drive's temperature...
i have a set of computer that sits on movable table, and this computer will be placed outside the building almost everyday for years now.
about 3-4 months ago this computer was Intel P4/1.6 with 3x IBM 60 GB. hard disk drives on it,
for most of the time that the computer is running the disk drives will be at 40 - 50 °C and it will be running like this for 7-8 hours/day. the temperature will always be like this. i believe the 3 IBM drives are still in good condition after i've been doing that to them for more than 3 yesrs.

the mobile computer has now been upgraded to Intel P4 630 and 2x Maxtors SATA 160 GB, and a Seagate 80 GB. SATA II.
both the CPU and disk drives are running at higher temperature than before as everyone who uses these new Pentium 4 CPUs (i mean all socket 775 CPUs) should notice it.
the outside temperature is the same, but the hardware's temperature are higher. and the last time that i cheked it after a few days of the test running it was always close to 50 °C and it will be like this for the whole day and around 5 days/week.

Oct 28, 2005, 07:10 AM	#4
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	I've never seen my hard drive temp over 27°C, and that was defraggin. __________________

Oct 28, 2005, 11:24 AM	#6
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	do you have a fan by your HDD(s)?. I have a low speed 120mm directly infront of mine. __________________

Oct 28, 2005, 02:58 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Keeping below 50C during intense use like defragmenting would be a safe general rule, while the thermal specs vary some between different products.

Oct 28, 2005, 04:23 AM	#3
Randy P HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 489 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	My temps get up around 37...do you have a HD cooler?

Oct 28, 2005, 12:40 PM	#8
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	talking about hard disk drive's temperature... i have a set of computer that sits on movable table, and this computer will be placed outside the building almost everyday for years now. about 3-4 months ago this computer was Intel P4/1.6 with 3x IBM 60 GB. hard disk drives on it, for most of the time that the computer is running the disk drives will be at 40 - 50 °C and it will be running like this for 7-8 hours/day. the temperature will always be like this. i believe the 3 IBM drives are still in good condition after i've been doing that to them for more than 3 yesrs. the mobile computer has now been upgraded to Intel P4 630 and 2x Maxtors SATA 160 GB, and a Seagate 80 GB. SATA II. both the CPU and disk drives are running at higher temperature than before as everyone who uses these new Pentium 4 CPUs (i mean all socket 775 CPUs) should notice it. the outside temperature is the same, but the hardware's temperature are higher. and the last time that i cheked it after a few days of the test running it was always close to 50 °C and it will be like this for the whole day and around 5 days/week.