USB3 External Cases for HDDs

Methanoid · 4 Mar 2018 at 17:59

Anyone recommend from personal experience one that does not allow the HDD to melt (so maybe an Alu one or one with a fan)?

I have a couple of 6 Tb drives I will re-purpose from PC service to external HDD for consoles... and dont want them melting and dying!

Had this in mind as it has an 80mm fan...
http://www.fantec.de/en/products/st...produkt/details/artikel/1564_fantec_db_f8u3e/

Cyber-Mav · 8 Jun 2020 at 14:57

Dont expect help if your sending dodgey links

PiKe · 8 Jun 2020 at 15:00

I've never heard of an external closure thats allowed a hdd to melt.

You do not need active cooling.

Methanoid · 10 Jun 2020 at 12:01

Cyber-Mav said:
Dont expect help if your sending dodgey links

It was a LIVE link 2 and a bit years ago when i posted the thread!!!

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jun 2020 at 12:05

ha ha ha epic fail!!!!

jrwagh333 · 10 Jun 2020 at 14:53

Amazing

Methanoid · 10 Jun 2020 at 15:05

yeah CyberMav not paying attention and Pike clearly doesnt understand I am aware that HDDs do not physically melt... but that passive cooling isn't generally good for HDDs in external cases

PiKe · 10 Jun 2020 at 15:09

Methanoid said:
yeah CyberMav not paying attention and Pike clearly doesnt understand I am aware that HDDs do not physically melt... but that passive cooling isn't generally good for HDDs in external cases

What did you end up getting then?

Manufacturers have sold drives in passive enclosures for years, even for consoles, it's only recently they've added active cooling to them.

jrwagh333 · 10 Jun 2020 at 16:11

My external has been in a icybox for about 6 years. No fans.

Methanoid · 10 Jun 2020 at 17:58

PiKe said:
What did you end up getting then?

Manufacturers have sold drives in passive enclosures for years, even for consoles, it's only recently they've added active cooling to them.

no idea.. it was 2+ years ago.. I go through hardware so quicK I didnt even remember the post! I do remember some external HDD cases allowing HDDs to get awful warm (which does shorten lifespan) - I probably got an icybox or some Alu case...

EssexBoy · 10 Jun 2020 at 18:21

If the drives are working most of the time then they would need to be cooled unless you like 40c+ temps. If it was just for backup\light duties then any case would do.

Cyber-Mav · 10 Jun 2020 at 21:04

Methanoid said:
It was a LIVE link 2 and a bit years ago when i posted the thread!!!

Why was this thread near the top if the forum if its so old and has no replies? One would assume its i new post lol.

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jun 2020 at 21:27

Cyber-Mav said:
Why was this thread near the top if the forum if its so old and has no replies? One would assume its i new post lol.

You didn't do a forum sort did you?

Cyber-Mav · 11 Jun 2020 at 07:00

No i just checked looks like a lot of the threads on bottom of the first page are up to 3 years old. Not like cpu and gpu sections of the forum lol.