- Dec 13, 2004
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Are fans blowing on the hard drives necessary?
I don't OC but my hard drives get hot to the touch.
I don't OC but my hard drives get hot to the touch.
Originally posted by: Rubycon
How hot?
Either read the temp through SMART or use a non contact thermometer. Generally if the disk operating temperature is kept at 50C or below it will be fine. Active cooling isn't usually required on modern desktop drives unless they are mounted with less than 1/2" air space above/below the drive or in close proximity of another disk.
Originally posted by: tigersty1e
What is SMART?