Is it a good idea to place the Power Supply Unit Below the Hard disk?

[THpubs]

Several years ago I bought a new computer casing which is very weird. Its small and compact. Normally, we have the PSU in the top. But in here, the PSU is on the bottom and right below the hard drive. Recently, two of my hard drives started to show problems. Read errors and bad sectors. Can it be the PSU and the design of the casing?

Here's an image of the PSU and the hard drive :

 

[rene13cross]

Very much doubt it's due to the physical positioning of the HDD in relation to the PSU. Sounds like what you're getting is a very normal HDD failure which occurs over time. How old is the HDD now or how long have you been using it?

 

[AntiZig]

technically the coils in a PSU will produce a magnetic field, but I doubt it's significant enough to cause HDD failure.

I agree the placement in your case is strange and doesn't seem appropriate, but I doubt that would cause problems with HDD