Safe hard drive temps?

[format]

Bit of a bump here - I was checking on mine today and my WDAAKS runs at 42c whilst my Sammy 750 F1 runs at 34c.
May have to buy another F1 and get right of my AAKS

[Zak33]

There was research paper published into drive reliability, and one conclusion was t6hat drives that ran in the 35-25 C temperature range lasted longer than those run outside that range.

seconded.

And thirded by my own experience whereby I've never had a hard drive fubar when they've had proper cooling.

If yuo can't get a proper case fan to blow over them, then YES, get a hard drive cooler ASAP.

In technology, almost everything is killed by heat, eventually, whether it's long term heat soak, or short term massive overheating.

[Infinite]

lol, in my 2 previous cases they both had no hard drive cooling and they would get burning hot, however i not one of the hard drives i have had has failed at all. Just my luck I guess.

[Zak33]

lol, in my 2 previous cases they both had no hard drive cooling and they would get burning hot,

even if it were reliable, I'd still fret about them if it were my case.

[Funkstar]

What about the Google paper that said that temperature had no adverse effect on the drives they use?

[Biscuit]

My hard drives did run for a good 8 months almost 24/7 at over 45c (sometimes above 50 when i didnt notice) and they still seem fine to me but im trying to keep the temps down now

[Lourdes]

The Google paper is the one I trust, shows that variation is the problem not extremes. Still, I keep mine below 50C. If they're over that your whole system is probably rather too warm.