Stacking hdd's

[JamesBart]

Hey guys,

i have 3 400g freecom 7200rpm sata drives and i have them stacked! is this a good idea or not? could i overheat all drives when they are running?

any suggestions as to how i should organise them? i dont have much room either.

Thanks

 

[INTELCRAZY]

Turn them "width-wise" and put a fan in front of them and leave about a Cm of space between them

 

[PC eye]

How many drive bays do you have in your case? You can often leave a bay open inbetween a pair of drives to allow for the air flow there. Have a front intake fan? On the build there that would be a big help on keeping drive temps down.

 

[JamesBart]

sorry guys forgot to mention that they are external hdd's. intelcrazy i dont have that much room tbh. in fact i dont really have any room

 

[INTELCRAZY]

What kind of externals?


Nevermind, I looked it up on Google and your HDs do have the little cushion things on the bottom, right? If so, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[JamesBart]

What kind of externals?


Nevermind, I looked it up on Google and your HDs do have the little cushion things on the bottom, right? If so, I wouldn't worry about it.

yeah those black ones. so even when i have them on all day off video editing and all that they'll be fine?

Thanks man

 

[PC eye]

How many know what 8track players "were" not "are"? Some "cheap" and that's really means "CHEAP"! brand has a cartridge type hard drive setup seen at http://www.globalcomputer.com/applications/campaigns/campaigntemplate.asp?CampaignID=125

On something like this you simply plug and unplug a storage drive like you would have pushed in and pulled out an old 8track tape. But instead of magnetic tape you are now using a cartrdge with metal magnetic disks.

 

[JamesBart]

thanks for the link PC eye! checking it now

 

[PC eye]

That place usually mails out a number of "garbage" flyers that get tossed fast here! But I just happened to spot the cheapo wonder they were selling and saw your thread. The make is low quality and used to have 3 1/2" or cd drives mainly. For quality you will want to keep an eye on things at newegg, Tiger, mwave, or another vendor.