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When to cool a HDD?

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When to cool a HDD? Is 40 degC too hot?

In general when would you cool a HDD? (I mean with a dedicated cooler rather than system cooling)

At above an absolute temperature?
Above a differential temperature above ambient?


I have an old PC. I'm ordering cooling for the Northbridge due to brekage of the mounting supoorts, a quieter system fan and while I'm placing the order I'm considering whether I need a cooler for my HDD.

HDD is a Maxtor Diamondmax 120GB 6Y120PO.

Ambient room temperature is 20deg C
Drive temperature is 40deg C idle

(Winter daytime measurements)

I'm looking at some of these products:
http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/harddrivesolutions

I would prefer something that will cool and reduce the noise.

I'd want to retain the cooler/heatsink/silencer for a HDD upgrade (probably a Seagate Barracuds 2TB SATAIII when I do the next build)

Any suggestions please?
 
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