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Please inform me if you can see the pictures. Just to make sure.

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Bitfenix prodigy ITX with motherboard vertical instead of horizontal. All work done by hand tools.


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Rusty
 
Whats up with the heat pipes on the hdd's?

That post was from 2007 and the member hasn't posted since 2008. I doubt you'll get a reply from him. But to answer your question it's to cool the HDD's obviously. Overkill? Extreme.
 
That post was from 2007 and the member hasn't posted since 2008. I doubt you'll get a reply from him. But to answer your question it's to cool the HDD's obviously. Overkill? Extreme.
figured, but still heat pipes on a hdd, come on.
 
I wonder what kind of temps he was getting with those pipes on his HDD. I didnt find anything that looks like the pic but I did find this. There arent any claims as to what temps you can get. I keep a fan on mine and sit around 26-30C depending on load. Adding in the pipes must do wonders.
 
The only way I could see a use for this is on a server that is constantly spinning the platters and poor rack ventilation. With good ambient temps and proper case/rack airflow the drive shouldn't need any cooling. If there is poor airflow then I could see the fan mounts like you have, but heatsinked? Doubtful.
 
The only way I could see a use for this is on a server that is constantly spinning the platters and poor rack ventilation. With good ambient temps and proper case/rack airflow the drive shouldn't need any cooling. If there is poor airflow then I could see the fan mounts like you have, but heatsinked? Doubtful.

2.5 inch drive in my laptop heats up to 50-ish if I dont have it on the cooling pad. My main rig though, when I had the drives in a smaller case would reach 60-65 without active cooling. Thats pretty warm to the touch. I much prefer to have the 30-ish temps... but I dont need heatpipes to get it either :)

I dont know that its neccesary either, but it looks cool
 
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