Storage Cooling?

[Guest]

Hi, I'm planning on building a server and I was wondering do the SSDs and/or Hard drives storage devices need to be air/liquid cooled directly? Like, I've seen systems being cooled but the storage devices sometimes aren't. 

[Comessy]

You don't need to cool storage

 

 

The day I see a water cooled hard drive will be the day I kill myself

[QueenDemetria]

The day I see a water cooled hard drive will be the day I kill myself

RIP 

[Guest]

You don't need to cool storage

 

 

The day I see a water cooled hard drive will be the day I kill myself

Okay so then why do servers have such intense cooling? Is it to cool the rest of the system then? 

[Comessy]

RIP 

WHY?

 

I don't understand

[CJPowell27]

Okay so then why do servers have such intense cooling? Is it to cool the rest of the system then? 

A lot of hard drives constantly running can make heat but as long as air is always flowing there shouldn't be any worries

[QueenDemetria]

WHY?

#swag

 

but on a serious note, they are older drives so they might put out more heat(they have both sata and molex lol), and I would do it for "style" if I had the money.

[W-L]

Hi, I'm planning on building a server and I was wondering do the SSDs and/or Hard drives storage devices need to be air/liquid cooled directly? Like, I've seen systems being cooled but the storage devices sometimes aren't. 

 

No real need as others have said but I do have something like this to just hide by HDD better and not have it stand out like a sore thumb in my build

[Scheer]

You DO need to cool storage, but nothing crazy like heatsinks and waterblocks, just make sure you have some airflow in your case.

[unijab]

Don't forget that some drives come with a cooler from the OEM.

 

[Scheer]

Don't forget that some drives come with a cooler from the OEM.

 

Only the really high RPM drives, I've never seen a normal 7,200 RPM drive with a heatsink.