mechanical
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Hi all what is the ideal temperature for a hard drive to run at.Have 3 ide & 1 sata in my box at the moment.
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HDD Temperature
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Globetrotter
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Best bet is to get the tech specs sheet for your specific hard drive model from the h/drive manufacturer.
I have a Hitachi 160Gb SATA h/drive in my laptop. The specs says 5 C to 55 C (and that's extreme!).
Normal running temps should be between 35 C and 40 C. Mine's running at 38 C.
I use DTemp to measure it:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/DTemp.shtml
I have a Hitachi 160Gb SATA h/drive in my laptop. The specs says 5 C to 55 C (and that's extreme!).
Normal running temps should be between 35 C and 40 C. Mine's running at 38 C.
I use DTemp to measure it:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/DTemp.shtml
The_Techie
Resident Techie
Mine runs @ about 35'C in my computer and 40'C in my server without any problems 
supersunbird
Honorary Master
Fans make them run nice at a 30 degrees
kevinswan007
Expert Member
My 40 gig WD IDE (oldest drive) is running at 55C
My 80 gig SATA Seagate is running 38C
My 250 gig SATA Seagate is running at 42C
All very different temperatures.
I don't know what my hard drives in my USB external enclose are running at.
My 80 gig SATA Seagate is running 38C
My 250 gig SATA Seagate is running at 42C
All very different temperatures.
I don't know what my hard drives in my USB external enclose are running at.
killadoob
Honorary Master
none of that is to bad man
wd looks likes it getting a bit long in the tooth
wd looks likes it getting a bit long in the tooth