HDD cooling systems?

[McNite]

Hey guys,

I m thinking of adding a new 300BG SATA drive to my comp (going to rip all my CD albums with 256KB/s which means 1 minute of music will be 2 megs), and guess that I should invest some €€€ into HDD cooling too.

Which cooling systems for HDDs do you recommend?
I thought of getting one of these alloy things with 2 fans in them.

[blue]

I would recomment one with cooling Heat Pipes insteat of fan cooling (= 0 noice)

I have no experience in HDD. cooling, so I can't really recomment one.

[ChinaGirl]

Hey McNite
Are u sure u needed a 300Gb hard drive? I didn't think Hasselhoff had that many albums and singles out.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[McNite]

I got all the music videos too, AND a lot of the marvellous Knight-Rider movies... i get moved to tears whenever i watch them

[McNite]

Hm here are 2 links to different cooling systems... can one of the Pro's share some experiences maybe?

fan cooling

passive cooling with alloy fins (no heatpipes)

heatpipe system by Zalman

mix of heatpipes and alloy box

Now i m lost with all the options to choose from

[2ndBadKarma]

www.nexustek.nl/frizzbee.htm

I think all these coolers are useless, well if your case isnt totally incapable moving the hot air and if it is its much wiser to buy a totally new case.

[ser]

just build a pipe to winnipeg and back, put some water in it, and a pump, there u go... ;D

[]UBC[ STATIK]

shouldnt think you need to cool your hd's mcnite. If you have a good airflow movement through your case, that should be enough. I used to have 3 hdds (1 sata, 2 pata) in my lian-li (1cm apart). The fresh air fom the front was drawn over them into the case, and they didnt get that warm.