Seagate 3TB Expansion: What is the Maximum Temperature?

[dmitche3]

I just bought this drive and the specs and website will not list the maximum temperature for the drive. I find this extremely frustrating that they won't provide this information.

I've been putting the disk through the tests the past day and I'm not impressed at all. With a USB 3.0 connection I get a miserable 25.7 MB/s and 1/2 that on my USB 2.0

Temperature, the drive has reached 55 degrees C. copying large files for 30 minutes and it appears to top off there for now. Next summer may be a different story when the room is warming.

I'm thinking that the max. temps for externals these days is 70C but as I mentioned Seagate is going out of their way not to let the consumer know. If it is anything less than 70C I'm returning the drive as my past experience with Seagate drives has been horrible.

I only bought this because WD external drives encrypt all data and when it dies I won't being to recover the data should I want to remove the drive and direct connect it to a SATA connection. 🙁

 

[popatim]

You wont see USB3 speeds without usb3 ports on your pc. These things work by operating at the speed of the slowest piece in the chain.

As for the temperature, I couldnt find a spec either, the ST3000dm003 (the drive inside the enclosure) has an operating range of 0-60c but I wouldn't use a drive if it was running that hot myself. I would recommend you return that and build a 3tb external that has a cooling fan. Yes it will cost a bit more. This is a decent USB2/eSata enclosure that has an 80mm cooling fan.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042

 

[dmitche3]

Thanks Popatim. Yes, that's why I got the USB 3.0 card to up the speed but still. 🙁

But I'm still wondering WHY SEAGATE IS HIDING the information as to the maximum temperature. I have never seen a disk drive by any manufacturer not post this information.

I'm putting the drive through tests ( hibernation, 1 million seek errors, 24 hour continuous usage, SMART tests, etc. and so far other than the heat now hitting 56C and speed it hasn't shown any problems.