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yippy3000
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I have a home NAS in a Fractal Design Node 304 case.  In it I have 5 HDDs and an SSD.  The hard drives are all running hot 45-50C, which while within spec, is close the max.

 

I have the stock front and exhaust fan plus a Hyper Evo 212 CPU cooler in the case.  

 

Is there any way to improve cooling in the case? Would replacing the stock fans make much of a difference?

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2 minutes ago, yippy3000 said:

I have a home NAS in a Fractal Design Node 304 case.  In it I have 5 HDDs and an SSD.  The hard drives are all running hot 45-50C, which while within spec, is close the max.

 

I have the stock front and exhaust fan plus a Hyper Evo 212 CPU cooler in the case.  

 

Is there any way to improve cooling in the case? Would replacing the stock fans make much of a difference?

Well, do the disks have airflow through them? Put a fan in front of them and one in the back.

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What speed are you running the fans at? The stock R2 fans aren't the best performing fans and you might need to run them at high speeds or replace them with better fans if you want lower temps. 

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