What is a
Hard Drive Cooler?

The hard drive cooler is a great way to save your 15,000 RPM disk from premature failure. The high RPM of these drives will naturally produce more heat. If your monitoring program shows a high hard drive temperature, consider adding additional cooling capacity to your computer case.

The best drive coolers use the combined elements of a heat sink and fan to draw heat away from the hard disk drive. Some units also include a digital temperature display for easy visual temperature monitoring.

If you have a single 3.5" internal drive that needs cooling, consider a cooling unit that is mounted into the 5.25" bay. The drive is secured inside the cooler’s aluminum frame. There are small fans in front of the cooler to blow air over the hard.

Most external hard drive enclosures must be able to cool a hot hard drive. A good enclosure will include a fan and a heat sink. A digital temperature display on the external unit would be nice but it isn’t necessary.

There are other ways to cool the hard drive. The basic idea is to add an extra fan to your computer case. One option is to add a fan that attaches underneath the drive. Another option is to increase airflow through the case by adding an additional fan.

Hard drives are sensitive to excess heat. If you are experiencing any sort of hard drive read or write problems, consider that the problem might be caused by an overheating drive. Consider the hard drive cooler to be cheap insurance when compared with the cost of losing data.

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