Hey, this is my first post, so I hope I'm doing everything right. I've been interested in purchasing a HDD cooling fan, as the Heat that's coming off my HDDs (1x 40g 5200rpm, 1x 160g 7200rpm) has been conerning me a little. These cooling fans take up one 3.5" slot, and I have one free which is located between my two HDDs. Now I was wondering, if the fan was pointing toward the 7200rpm HDD, would this affect the other in any way? IE, would it get hotter, cooler or stay the same (Due to the pressure from the fan, or whatever). And also, how noisy do these things tend to be? Thanks in advance, I hope I didn't ask anything stoopid ^^

I've never had a HDD fail from overheating but maybe I've just been lucky.

Me neither.... yet. But ya' know. It's better to be safe than sorry...

Why not move one of the drives and then you can point the fan away from both....? Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

Well a lot of people have said that it isn't wise putting two hard drives next to each other... so, with only three spaces, only one hard drive is gonna be able to be cooled. It's a shame nobody's thought of putting two fans on one cooler, that blow in oposite directions...

The 5200 rpm drive shouldn't be a problem at all. Just use the fan to cool the 7200rpm drive. Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages

Some of the 5400 drives could get hot. Most of the newer drives are using fluid bearing system which keeps them cooler and longer lasting. One thing about a harddrive by cooling it......you will increase the life span of that drive 2x maybe more.