How hot can my WD 1600 drive run?

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Have a new WD1600 JB SE 7200 RPM drive. It runs at 50 deg C with current
fan cooling. Is this too high?

 

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In article <c52j4k$2nu582$1@ID-153828.news.uni-berlin.de>,
Jim Caldwell <Jamesw@grandecom.net> wrote:
>Have a new WD1600 JB SE 7200 RPM drive. It runs at 50 deg C with current
>fan cooling. Is this too high?
>
>


Go to the WD web site and look up the spec sheet for your model.
It will tell you what a conservative perating temp is.

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Al Dykes
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Jim Caldwell wrote:

> Have a new WD1600 JB SE 7200 RPM drive. It runs at 50 deg C with current
> fan cooling. Is this too high?


Yes. You will definately shorten the drive's lifespan at that temperature.

Try to keep it 45C or below.


-WD

 

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In article <0k4dc.210$YH2.158@fe2.columbus.rr.com>,
wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid says...
> Jim Caldwell wrote:
>
> > Have a new WD1600 JB SE 7200 RPM drive. It runs at 50 deg C with current
> > fan cooling. Is this too high?
>
>
> Yes. You will definately shorten the drive's lifespan at that temperature.
>
> Try to keep it 45C or below.
>

Agreed... internal case temps should be in the 35-40C
range (tops, 30-35C is better), drive temps of 40-45C.

Get a hard drive fan, or a 5.25" bay mount cooler (mount
the 3.5" drive in the cooler, stick the result in a
5.25" external bay), or get a good case with proper
airflow and/or fans that draw air across the hard
drives. (Antec Sonata, Antec p160 both have good setups
including a 120mm fan mount to draw air across the 4
internal drive mounts.)