Just got my armor w/25cm side fan and about switch everything over. Where do you guys mount your hard drives? I would think putting them in the cage by the front intake fan would inhibit airflow through the rest of the case? Is there a benefit to putting them there or is cooling the hard drives not necessary? Putting them at the top rear by the exhaust fan a better idea? Thanks in advance.
I have mine in the cage next to the PSU because it makes the wire management easier for me. Are you going to use SATA drives? How many drive do you have?
Just got my armor w/25cm side fan and about switch everything over. Where do you guys mount your hard drives? I would think putting them in the cage by the front intake fan would inhibit airflow through the rest of the case? Is there a benefit to putting them there or is cooling the hard drives not necessary? Putting them at the top rear by the exhaust fan a better idea? Thanks in advance.
I have my two drives in the top cage, beneath the power supply.
As with yourself, my concern was good flow from the front (I've got two 120mm's in the front) and I sort of like the idea of the 92mm fan right behind them exhausting the HD heat out the back of the case.
No problems so far ... been running solid for about 5 months now. I've got one SATA and one IDE at the moment.
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I just ordered a couple of 3 foot SATA cables which will clean things up a bit (can route behind motherboard, etc.) but overall, mounting in the top does help with the wire management, especially if you have *LOTS* of other wires to deal with.
Originally Posted by mahtareika
On another note: Can you go to your user CP and fill in your system specs? It will make it easier to offer help and suggestions. TY
i mount mine up front...i ripped the cage beside the psu out and took out the top bracket it slides into for better looks (hated seeing that braket through the mesh at the top) and it's better for radiating heat out the top.
Thanks for the responses. So top front is a better spot than having it in front of the rear exhaust fan that might draw out heat they may create?
Even if the drives are in the front-top ... the heat from the drives have no place to go but UP and so the top exhaust on the armor will take care of that ... as well as any that migrates to the back top-exhaust fans ...
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Better yet ... remove all that plastic bling on the top of your armor and strap a quiet 120mm fan in as the top exhaust:
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That stock top exhaust, with all that plastic in front of it ... just doesn't move much air...
for sure, was planning on doing that! Your case looks great BTW.
The scythe 120mm fan I installed puts out a TON of air compared to the stock setup.
RE: the case ...
I've had to move some things around as you can see ... the side panel fan wouldn't co exist with my Infinity cooler so had to move it to the outside ...
I have my 3 Raptors in the cage next to the PSU, the fan blowing into the cage. Temps are good, Raptorx runs 26-29°c, don't know what the array temps are, but before the array they were the same as the RaptorX.
@ s1rrah.. It's you that gave me the notion to place my 25cm on the outside.
I couldn't remember where I saw the pic, then bam right there it is
@ s1rrah.. It's you that gave me the notion to place my 25cm on the outside. I couldn't remember where I saw the pic, then bam right there it is
funny ...
You most likely saw it in the Infinity review that's in my sig ... did that a while back.
I think it's actually better at component cooling being an inch or so higher above the board ... gives the air a chance to better distribute before hitting the MB components ...
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