Post by Yeehaa on Sept 15, 2003 12:24:11 GMT -5
We tested using four different criteria:
1) HD mounted in an internal 3.5” drive bay without any direct airflow.
2) HD mounted in an internal 3.5” drive bay with an 80 mm fan (28CFM’s) blowing over it.
3) HD mounted in the Vortex with the fan set to low speed.
4) HD mounted in the Vortex with the fan set to high speed.
The following are the results we attained in our controlled environment; your results may vary due to different conditions and hardware.
1) 95F – 35.0C
2) 88F – 31.1C
3) 85F – 29.4C
4) 79F – 26.1C
I was personally amazed by the results we attained and double checked and even triple checked our results. That still wasn’t enough, so we ran a fifth day of testing and our results remained consistent. Oh, we could have run a multi-hour defrag test, but that’s not the way most enthusiasts run their systems, we’ll leave that for our hardcore friends.
The supplier claimed great results and like you, when I see such claims, I tend to disregard them as marketing hype, I guess we just gave them fuel for their marketing campaign!!
The Vantec Vortex proved to me, once and for all, the value of well designed hard drive coolers.
As a former Industrial Engineer, I marvel when I see a simple, well thought out product and when I see multiple principles of cooling applied successfully, you know it’s a product that will find its way into all my systems.
What two principles; well you have the use of very efficient airflow with the “Crossflow Blower” in combination with an aluminum frame that aids directly to the removal of the heat generated by the hard drive.
Bron: Systemcooling.com