Please help me monitor hard disk temperature

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Now that summer's here, and I don't have an air conditioner to cool my apartment, I've been concerned about the temperature of my desktop system. Whenever I open it up, it seems ridiculously hot. The hard disks and optical drives are usually so hot they burn my fingers.

So, I was wondering if there was a way to determine if the temperature is safe, or if I should get a heat sink for my drives. Is there a built-in hard disk temp monitor? If so, how do I view it?

Thanks!

 

[mechBgon]

How about getting a different case that has better ventilation? Antec SLK3700AMB would handle your system, click the system-building link in my signature for photos of one all torn down.

 

[theMan]

get speedfan. it will monitor your HD temp.

GET SOME FREAKING AIR CONDITIONING!

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Unfortunately, I don't have any money, so a new case or drive cooler is out of the question. So is A/C. If I determine that the drives are running too hot, I'll have to remove one of them, or maybe only run my PC at night, when it's cooler.

But hopefully it won't come to that. I'd like to see exactly what temperature my drives are at, and if they're in danger of losing important data.

 

[Navid]

Download this free utility (Everest). Install and run it. Expand "Storage". Click on SMART. You can select your hard drives under "Device Description". Look for "Temperature" under "Attribute Description".

 

[airfoil]

Not sure where you're from, but I've seen and used computers where the ambient temperature is 38~40 degrees celsius - with no AC and no problems. You should be fine as long as your case temperatures aren't ridiculously high.

 

[airfoil]

Not sure where you're from, but I've seen and used computers where the ambient temperature is 38~40 degrees celsius - with no AC and no problems. You should be fine as long as your case temperatures aren't ridiculously high.

 

[Jeff7]

Check the inside of the case for any possible fan mounts, and try to figure out what size you might need. Standard case fan sizes are 60mm (rare, but they exist), 80mm, 92mm, and 120mm. Adding a fan might help things considerably, and won't cost too much money.

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

Originally posted by: Navid
Download this free utility (Everest). Install and run it. Expand "Storage". Click on SMART. You can select your hard drives under "Device Description". Look for "Temperature" under "Attribute Description".

Thanks, I'll try that.