Please help me - cooling idea needed

[belfouf]

Hello community.

 

I own a NZXT S340 case and just like many users my hard drives have a tendency to heat (between 45 and 50°C when gaming)

 

I would like to find an idea to prevent that but only have 1 option at the moment, and I don't like it.

 

this is the case (see pics) from cable management side, with and without cables, with a close up on HDD tray. I have less than 1cm deep between case and front panel, less than 120mm height to put a fan behind (and there are numerous cables). I use it fully (have two hard drives)

 

at the moment I was thinking of buying Antec Spot Cool fan but I read online it doesn't last long (and it's really ugly)

 

would anyone have an idea on how to do it ?

 

thank you very much

[bgibbz]

Unless the temperature is causing any actually issues, I wouldn't worry about it. Hard drives are designed to be passively cooled. If there really is an issue, just add more/better case fans. 

[W-L]

45 to 50c is still reasonable but if you wanted to promote some airflow as you mentioned putting a fan to draw air across the drives or force it between the two drive spaces isn't a bad idea. If you just want a quick simple solution a couple of zip ties will do the job.