Too many hard drives in Area 51? ... I've placed my order for an Area 51 which from the factory will have a total of 3 hard drives and 640watt PS. It will have ...

FriscoMoves · 07-21-2004, 03:21 AM

I've placed my order for an Area 51 which from the factory will have a total of 3 hard drives and 640watt PS. It will have two 74gb Raptors in RAID0 and a 400gb Hitachi. I'm planning on buying a 3ware 9500 Escalade 4 port SATA RAID controller and 3 more 74gb Raptors in a RAID0 configuration. I'm also purchasing two Vantec hard drive coolers that fits into the 5.25 slots. With this setup of 6 hard drives (5 of which are 10k drives), am I putting a little too many hard drives in an Area 51? Is that too much heat?

Hammerhead · 07-21-2004, 07:31 AM

Hard drives don't create that much heat. I don't think it'll be a problem.

Steve · 07-21-2004, 08:14 AM

i agree...just make sure you have enough ventilation... maybe a two-way tower fan... unless you are running all 6 at once you'll be cool

07-21-2004, 03:21 AM	#1
FriscoMoves Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 10 Credits: -345	Too many hard drives in Area 51? I've placed my order for an Area 51 which from the factory will have a total of 3 hard drives and 640watt PS. It will have two 74gb Raptors in RAID0 and a 400gb Hitachi. I'm planning on buying a 3ware 9500 Escalade 4 port SATA RAID controller and 3 more 74gb Raptors in a RAID0 configuration. I'm also purchasing two Vantec hard drive coolers that fits into the 5.25 slots. With this setup of 6 hard drives (5 of which are 10k drives), am I putting a little too many hard drives in an Area 51? Is that too much heat?

07-21-2004, 08:14 AM	#3
Steve Dukefrukem Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 35,855 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 17 Credits: 1,702,826	i agree...just make sure you have enough ventilation... maybe a two-way tower fan... unless you are running all 6 at once you'll be cool __________________ ^ (my stuff)

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07-21-2004, 07:31 AM	#2
Hammerhead Community Rep Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In my house Posts: 9,770 Credits: 4,711	Hard drives don't create that much heat. I don't think it'll be a problem.