[plug] Newbys guide

[Brad Campbell]

Lyndon Maydwell wrote:
> I bought two (bay/caddy)s and an extra caddy recently from
> 'User-friendly Computers' on Scarborough-beach Road / Farmer Street in
> North Perth, they were of the plastic variety, but still quite solid,
> come with fan-forced ventilation and  a lock to prevent just anyone
> from removing them if you so choose.
> 

I have yet to find a decent ATA caddy with a fan that actually does anything. I'm running 7200RPM WD 
drives which generate quite a bit of heat. The tiny 40mm fans the put in these caddies (that die 
after about 100 hours) just do stuff all as the caddy is set up in such a way as there is almost no 
space for air to be pulled through them. In addition, the actual device that sits inside the PC has 
open top and bottom which short circuits any possible airflow from the 40mm fan.
My solution is to superglue an 80mm fan to the bottom of the cage in the PC. This keeps them cool 
enough.

My SATA caddies from Addonics just rock. The drives never get about about 35 Degrees and the fans 
are seriously well built.

Brad
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