Posted by GMAN on 10/13/06 03:58
In article <452cef29.87544062@news-server.houston.rr.com>, spam@uce.gov wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:53:51 -0400, Xzanado@webtv.net (X L) wrote:
>
>>GMAN those little fans barley do that
>
>At the risk of repeating myself, even with those little fans you must
>allow air to flow around all parts of the case. Allow 1" space all
>around. You can use plastic crutch tips to lift the unit - just hot
>glue gun them on the bottom. You can literally feel the difference in
>temperature before and after.
>
Agreed!
>With the new HDD units this is going to become even more of an issue.
>The number one killer of hard disks is heat. If you keep a hard disk
>cool (30-40C) and not allow it to get hot (50-60C) it will last an
>incredibly long time even running 24x7. I just got 7 years out of a WD
>Caviar.
>
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