- Mar 21, 2012
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Hello everyone,
Recently decided to build a NAS, and got a LSI 9265-8i for myself. Got a bit impatient and installed the RAID controller before my hard drives even arrived. I also got an Antec PCI blower with the hopes that the temps will go down, but the temps are around 65C... Isn't it a bit too high for a raid controller idle with no hard drives installed?
Then I realized the fan blower was sucking air out, instead of blowing air into the RAID card as I've imagined...
How should I be cooling the RAID controller? Installing a small (30-40mm) fan directly above the heatsink, an actual PCI fan card that blows air into the card, or a side case fan? Which one will work the best? Thanks.
Recently decided to build a NAS, and got a LSI 9265-8i for myself. Got a bit impatient and installed the RAID controller before my hard drives even arrived. I also got an Antec PCI blower with the hopes that the temps will go down, but the temps are around 65C... Isn't it a bit too high for a raid controller idle with no hard drives installed?
Then I realized the fan blower was sucking air out, instead of blowing air into the RAID card as I've imagined...
How should I be cooling the RAID controller? Installing a small (30-40mm) fan directly above the heatsink, an actual PCI fan card that blows air into the card, or a side case fan? Which one will work the best? Thanks.
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