cool down laptop HDD

Good evening.

I know that for reducing laptop temperature you must place it on a basis. Apart from that, I would like to ask:

Is there a way to reduce the temperature of the hard disk separately? Like e.g. copper shims on the cpu, thermal compound, etc. Placing something inside or outside the caddy case, on the hard drive itself (e.g. a compound) or another way that I cannot think about.


Thank you for your time!!

 

Putting the HDD in place of ODD, using special adapter, is the only solution I am aware of. Of course, reducing the temperature inside your notebook by any means helps a lot, but you asked for separate solution...

 

The only reliable way without mutilating the notebook that I have found to cool down the temperature of the HDD is to use a notebook cooler.

I prefer Zalman.

See:
http://www.amazon.ca/Zalman-Noteboo...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B0012WXFO8

 

Your making a big assumption that their laptop has vents on the HDD to begin to benefit from a notebook cooler. Of which most don't have vents on and only those with higher price tag will have some kinda vents on the laptop. I find it also related in the environment they use the laptop in with lots of lights or heat source your laptop will heat up otherwise they should get a lower speed HDD like 5400 to reduce heat and also not block the vent ports to further reduce the system heat output. You can do some simple things to reduce the heat effect without resorting to a laptop cooler which will be more baggage to lug around. Also they might want to redo there processor and graphics thermal paste to help it cool more effectively as well.

 

How hot is your hard drive getting? If it's regularly pushing past 55 degrees Celsius, it's probably a problem with the drive and not a problem with your notebook's cooling system. Hard drives are typically passively cooled because they do not generally generate that much heat.

 

For the time I do not have a problem with a specific hard drive. I just asked to be prepared for the future. I always make research in pc matters. In my experience, and in my personal laptop too, an agent that definitely plays a part is the season that you are working with the notebook. It is a kind of what StormJumper said in his answer. I mean, notebook working conditions (e.g. lights). I personally, for now, do not have a notebook cooler. Under that condition, the hard drive of my notebook, on winter/autumn/spring for 2-3 hours and not making a so hard job (no gaming, just web or so) does not transcend 40 degrees. But, on summer, after about an hour and a half, and in not a so warm room, it gets to about 50 degrees. And there, for safety, I turn off the laptop.
So, as you have understood, this is just a research thread. I would like to thank you all for your answers, and any further answer of course would be welcome to increment our knowledge.

Thank you!!

 

I would suggest discovering exact model of your HDD and checking its datasheet for maximum operating temperature. If it's 60C, it is safe enough for you to wait until it reaches 55C.

 

No, no assumptions necessary. The Zalman notebook cooler I linked has worked with various notebooks of all kinds and was effective at cooling the internals no matter the construction of the chassis bottom. (At least 4C less and up to 12C less on a Sony 18.4" model with vents everywhere).

The only exceptions was the apple (pro and not) line of improperly designed garbage that would overheat and throttle the performance even when brand new.


The thing to note is not how much less heat was retained (in an absolute value); rather, how hard the systems could be pushed without exceeding the specifications, indefinitely. In that sense, the notebook cooler option is the best ~$50 upgrade to a hardworking notebook you can do. Without destroying the chassis (and the cooling design/intent of the manufacturer either).


While I agree some chassis bottoms are more effectively cooled with a notebook cooler than others can be, the goal is not to have a frosty system; rather, it is to have a system operate well within it's spec's with a sustained real world workload (such as the OP's).

 

I have already checked HDD's datasheet. Its max operating temperature is 60 °C. So, both 50 °C and 55 °C (your suggestion) operating temperatures are safe enough.

 

That would be the effect to cool it down or keep it cool but the problem is your handling to many hardware and that cooler unless it is attached to the laptop would make it unbalance to use and more hardware to lug around making a laptop not as portable as one might want it to be when using it on the move. That is why laptop were a complete system within themselves so the user doesn't have to take more then they need to do their work or play. I would chance to say if they haven't cleaned out their system or vents or reapply the thermal paste in some time would do more to keep the heat down but also to not use their laptop on the rug or the lap blocking the vent ports from proper venting of heat away from laptop.

That's good to know but what is the manufacture of your HDD??

 

StormJumper, I can agree with what you say about portability - but the only notebooks I've seen with a real cooling solution is the Asus G series like this one:

See:
Asus G750JH-DS73-CA w/ Core i7-4700HQ, 24GB, 750GB, GeForce GTX 780M, 17.3in Full HD, Win 8 at Memory Express


Anything else that you want to make last as long as possible and you're using at max or close to max and sustained over several hours a day needs a notebook cooler, imo.

Nothing else to do but lug it around (and I've had this one (Zalman) model for a few years now...).


As for the 60C temperature; I would guess a Seagate drive (they really don't know how to make/design a good one in my opinion).

 

The New one with 880M is actually better cooling...