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From: Sam on 1 Mar 2010 16:57 I am trying to buy an external hard drive and am having trouble finding a brand/model that has an internal cooling fan. I did a web search for the WD My Book 3.0, and even though it is new, it does not have an internal fan. I phoned WD and they said that they do not make any desktop external HDs with an internal fan! I would appreciate any information/suggestions about a reliable external HD with a cooling fan. My last external HD, I had to purchase an HD enclosure with an internal fan and used an internal HD with it. Thanks, Sam.
From: Daddy on 1 Mar 2010 17:06 Sam wrote: > I am trying to buy an external hard drive and am having trouble finding a > brand/model that has an internal cooling fan. I did a web search for the WD > My Book 3.0, and even though it is new, it does not have an internal fan. I > phoned WD and they said that they do not make any desktop external HDs with > an internal fan! > > I would appreciate any information/suggestions about a reliable external HD > with a cooling fan. My last external HD, I had to purchase an HD enclosure > with an internal fan and used an internal HD with it. Thanks, Sam. > > > Few, if any, external hard drives have a fan, because: 1- an external hard drive is not mounted in close proximity to other heat-producing devices (as is the case with an internal hard drive); 2- including a fan would make require a separate power cable; and 3- the case of an external drive is not designed to muffle the sound of a fan. Nevertheless, if you prefer a fan, there are hard drive enclosures that include a fan. Daddy
From: Bob Villa on 1 Mar 2010 18:21 On Mar 1, 4:06 pm, Daddy <da...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > Sam wrote: > > I am trying to buy an external hard drive and am having trouble finding a > > brand/model that has an internal cooling fan. I did a web search for the WD > > My Book 3.0, and even though it is new, it does not have an internal fan. I > > phoned WD and they said that they do not make any desktop external HDs with > > an internal fan! > > > I would appreciate any information/suggestions about a reliable external HD > > with a cooling fan. My last external HD, I had to purchase an HD enclosure > > with an internal fan and used an internal HD with it. Thanks, Sam. > > Few, if any, external hard drives have a fan, because: > 1- an external hard drive is not mounted in close proximity to other > heat-producing devices (as is the case with an internal hard drive); > 2- including a fan would make require a separate power cable; and > 3- the case of an external drive is not designed to muffle the sound of > a fan. > > Nevertheless, if you prefer a fan, there are hard drive enclosures that > include a fan. > > Daddy I would only add...if you get the 2.5 HDD in a small aluminum housing...it can dissipate heat very well.
From: William R. Walsh on 1 Mar 2010 18:49 Hi! I would strongly advise you not to buy a WD My Book hard disk drive of any type. They are loading this so-called SmartWare on them and making it impossible to remove on some models (USB/Firewire studio). (It's actually impossible to remove it at all, according to them, but you can at least "hide" it on USB only models.) I brought this to their attention four months ago, and was assured that they were "working on a solution". They have not budged a bit, and what's more than that, they have not updated their web site to accurately reflect the fact that you can't remove SmartWare from a Studio edition drive. This sort of incompetence on their part is inexcusable, and suggests that their product engineers don't have a clue. That said, if you are concerned about heat, buy an aluminum enclosure (the Vantec NexStar 3 is very nice) and put your own drive in it. The enclosure will act as a very effective heatsink, and that is much more reliable than cheap little fans that soon go bad. To drive heat consumption down further, consider a low-RPM drive such as the Samsung Ecogreen or WD Green Power. If you don't need a high spindle speed, these drives will run very cool even under heavy use. William
From: RnR on 1 Mar 2010 19:34
On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:21:29 -0800 (PST), Bob Villa <pheeh.zero(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Mar 1, 4:06�pm, Daddy <da...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> Sam wrote: >> > I am trying to buy an external hard drive and am having trouble finding a >> > brand/model that has an internal cooling fan. �I did a web search for the WD >> > My Book 3.0, and even though it is new, it does not have an internal fan. �I >> > phoned WD and they said that they do not make any desktop external HDs with >> > an internal fan! >> >> > I would appreciate any information/suggestions about a reliable external HD >> > with a cooling fan. �My last external HD, I had to purchase an HD enclosure >> > with an internal fan and used an internal HD with it. �Thanks, Sam. >> >> Few, if any, external hard drives have a fan, because: >> 1- an external hard drive is not mounted in close proximity to other >> heat-producing devices (as is the case with an internal hard drive); >> 2- including a fan would make require a separate power cable; and >> 3- the case of an external drive is not designed to muffle the sound of >> a fan. >> >> Nevertheless, if you prefer a fan, there are hard drive enclosures that >> include a fan. >> >> Daddy > >I would only add...if you get the 2.5 HDD in a small aluminum >housing...it can dissipate heat very well. Right Bob and I have one. No problems so far and it's very light... almost too light. |