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Sjaak said:Lowering the temperature of your drive will extend its lifetime.
Xtreme Barton said:can you show anything on this ???
ive never heard in my pc years that a hard drive died from heat .. if it is gonna get that hot in your case to kill a hard drive i bet something else goes before it ..
veryhumid said:try using a utility that can read SMART data like speedfan to check the temp. of the drive, then check out the manufacturer acceptable operating temps. I think they can get right up to 50C or so and still work. Mine are usually around 29-33C.
deathman20 said:Around 120F or 50C electrical components start to degrade. Don't know how much for every F/C over that tempature it goes but it halfs the life of the components adn with each additional stepping it halfs that life. I remembered this from basic electronics classes back in school..