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http://www.amazon.com/40x10mm-Bearing-Premium-Cooling-NF-A4x10/dp/B009NQLT0M/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1419205366&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=noctau+40mm

 

I have a Masscool HDD cooler from years ago (it was absolutely terrible...) The fans are terrible, I originally owned one of these and one of the fans started making LOUD noises after just a few months, I got it replaced under warranty and the same exact thing happened. Anyways, I want to store my HDD in my 5 1/4 inch bays for my water cooling loop I'm setting up in next week! I had to remove the HDD cages. This will work perfect but the fans are trash. I was thinking about replacing them with these Noctuas. The back of the Masscool HDD cooler box just mentions they are 40mm fans, 40 x 40 x 10mm.

 

Will they fit in the cooler? I believe that these are 40mm fans from Noctua.

 

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They will fit, but its a waste of money to get 40mm Noctuas for an HDD cooler (well, its a waste of money to get 40mm Noctuas for anything). Get these instead.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Fractal-Design-Silent-Cooling-FD-FAN-SSR2-40/dp/B009NP8F9Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1419205978&sr=1-1&keywords=fractal+design+40mm

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They will fit, but its a waste of money to get 40mm Noctuas for an HDD cooler (well, its a waste of money to get 40mm Noctuas for anything). Get these instead.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Fractal-Design-Silent-Cooling-FD-FAN-SSR2-40/dp/B009NP8F9Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1419205978&sr=1-1&keywords=fractal+design+40mm

Well I want to cool my HDD, and need it in the 5 1/4 inch bays so I couldn't really call it a waste of money. But I'll check out those they are half as much. And I don't want to buy some trash ones that fail after 3 months like the ones that came with this did.

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what kind of HDD overheats?

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Well I want to cool my HDD, and need it in the 5 1/4 inch bays so I couldn't really call it a waste of money. But I'll check out those they are half as much. And I don't want to buy some trash ones that fail after 3 months like the ones that came with this did.

I said 40mm Noctuas. The 40mm Fractal Silent R2 that I linked perform very well (I have one cooling my northbridge), and you're likely not to notice a difference between the performance of it and the Noctua. The ones that come with HDD coolers are crap that's for sure, but the R2 for me has been going strong for quite a while now for me, zero issues with it so far.

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I said 40mm Noctuas. The 40mm Fractal Silent R2 that I linked perform very well (I have one cooling my northbridge), and you're likely not to notice a difference between the performance of it and the Noctua. The ones that come with HDD coolers are crap that's for sure, but the R2 for me has been going strong for quite a while now for me, zero issues with it so far.

Yeah I will need to order from Amazon and there is only one of stock to the one you linked =/

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what kind of HDD overheats?

Well I figured it would be good to cool it, I know it's not exactly a CPU but ya. Also even if I didn't bother fan cooling it I would still need some sort of brace to hold it in there.  Seems a bit silly to mount it into the HDD cooler without any fans.

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Well I figured it would be good to cool it, I know it's not exactly a CPU but ya. Also even if I didn't bother fan cooling it I would still need some sort of brace to hold it in there. Seems a bit silly to mount it into the HDD Cooper without any fans.

There is no point installing fans it's i

Just extra noise for no reason

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There is no point installing fans it's i

Just extra noise for no reason

Ok, but I still need to put it in my 5 1/4 inch bays. So should I just install it into the HDD cooler with no fans? Actually that's what I have currently going on, as long as it's cool I don't mind less noise and a little more money in my pocket.

Current PC build: [CPU: Intel i7 8700k] [GPU: GTX 1070 Asus ROG Strix] [Ram: Corsair LPX 32GB 3000MHz] [Mobo: Asus Prime Z370-A] [SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB primary + Samsung 860 Evo 1TB secondary] [PSU: EVGA SuperNova G2 750w 80plus] [Monitors: Dual Dell Ultrasharp U2718Qs, 4k IPS] [Case: Fractal Design R5]

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Ok, but I still need to put it in my 5 1/4 inch bays. So should I just install it into the HDD cooler with no fans? Actually that's what I have currently going on, as long as it's cool I don't mind less noise and a little more money in my pocket.

Yeah just install it without any fans, hard drives don't really need any cooling

CPU: i7 3770k@ 4.6Ghz@ 1.23v - GPU: Palit GTX 660ti - MOBO: Asrock Extreme 4 - RAM: Corsair vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz - PSU: OCZ 650watt - STORAGE: 128Gb corsair force GT SSD/ 1TB seagate barracuda 7200rpm

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