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On 8/16/06, Ian Kabeary <omega21@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 8/15/06, Collins Richey <crichey@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > According to the drive enclosure advertisements, |
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> > metal case is better for heat dissipation, but I have no hard |
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> > evidence. These units have the "standard" external AC->DC chunky |
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> > blocks. |
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> My enclosure is made of aluminum. Supposedly, you dont need a fan with an |
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> aluminum case. I was quite skeptical as I have seen a lot of other |
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> enclosures use fans, but while it does get rather warm, like the underside |
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> of a modern notebook, I have not had any issues with hard drives failing / |
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> being damaged / etc. Its a Vantec Nexstar 3. |
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> ~Ian |
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Ditto for mine - aluminum and not uncomforatablly warm. Since I only |
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need it for backups, I'm sure everything will be OK. |
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Collins Richey |
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If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries |
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of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. |
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