Cool your hard drive with air!

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Blue_Fire

Discussion Starter · Dec 13, 2006

Sytrin KuFormula SHF1 Hard Drive Cooler

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The Sytrin KuFormula SHF1 hard drive cooler not only works efficiently with very low power draw (less then 2W), it does a great job at cooling the hard drive. During testing, I used two different drives:

* Western Digital Raptor 36GB 10,000RPM SATA (WD360GD)
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 400GB 7200RPM SATA (ST3400620AS)

Prior to installing the SHF1 the average idle temperatures for each drive was 32Â° C for the Raptor, and 34Â° C for the Barracuda. After installing each drive into the SFH1 enclosure, temperatures dropped nearly 6Â° C across the board: down to 26Â° C for the Raptor and 28Â° C for the Barracuda. This improvement may not yield noticeable performance improvements in the shape of faster data transfers, but it will improve the lifespan and stability of the drive itself.

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Chipp

· #2 · Dec 13, 2006

OK results... It looks like an overgrown traditional HD cooler with some extra metal/LED's to me.

However, props to Styrin for again doing something different and ingenuitive! Hopefully these guys will be a competition to the big guys.

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blackeagle

· #3 · Dec 13, 2006

That cooler looks pretty nice, it looks alot different than the ones you usually see. My case cools my harddrives fine though but this might help some people because heat can shorten a hdds life.

AARDVARCUS

· #4 · Dec 13, 2006

This won't work on cases with doors and it takes up a 5.25" bay. Seems to me one of those 3.5" 80mm hard drive coolers would do much better....

TwIsTeDbOi

· #5 · Dec 13, 2006

Hmm... Not bad.

HrnyGoat

· #6 · Dec 13, 2006

I have 2 intake fans cooling my hard drives that work plenty well. Although this cooler would probably work well for poorly ventalated cases.

JacKz5o

· #7 · Dec 13, 2006

This looks like a great cooler that can probably cool just as good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835199002

Delphi

· #8 · Dec 13, 2006

i could care less my hard drive idle is 15c

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Pwnjohnson

· #9 · Dec 13, 2006

For those with WC systems already implemented, I imagine larger gains would be seen with water-based coolers

. It looks interesting to say the least.

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TheEddie

· #10 · Dec 14, 2006

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Originally Posted by Delphi

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i could care less my hard drive idle is 15c

Althought I'm not sure how your HD idle is 15C but that can be just as harmful as heat to a component. Look at the recommended operating temperatures. Too cold = not good (most of the time, exception: CPUs)

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Fishie36

· #11 · Dec 14, 2006

My hard drives sit right behind a nice 120mm fan that blows though them.

rabidgnome229

· #12 · Dec 14, 2006

Is this only for externals? It looks like the HDD would no longer fit into most cases

Chipp

· #13 · Dec 14, 2006

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Originally Posted by rabidgnome229

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Is this only for externals? It looks like the HDD would no longer fit into most cases

It goes into a 5.25" bay. (optical Drive)

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reckliss

· #14 · Dec 14, 2006

Yes it goes into 5.25. OT: Rabid where in the burgh are you?

kidwolf909

· #15 · Dec 14, 2006

How much do higher temperatures really affect the lifespan of an HDD?

I can see adding a dedicated HDD cooler to your setup if you have RAID0 or something and NEED to make sure your drives have the least probability of failure, but under normal circumstances, do 30C temps really hurt that much?

Cheetos316

· #16 · Dec 14, 2006

It affects the OCing potential of the HDs.....

hvacgaspiping

· #17 · Dec 14, 2006

`Way too big for my SFF case.

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