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Which external hard drive to get??? Suggestions??
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1024622"><p>You probably yourself through a lot of work for nothing. I have generally found that fanless cases work fine *IF* they are in a ventilated area *and* are set in such a way that no one side is blocked (by this I generally mean "vertically"). Western Digital cases, for example (I'm thinking of the My Book series here), seem to work MUCH better if you lift them up a bit so that air can flow underneath them.</p><p></p><p>Fanless drives are OF COURSE going to feel warmer than non-fanless ones, but what you are feeling is the heat *dissipating.* The back-top of any iMac would feel much the same way for the same reason. They are both using "<a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/convection-cooling" target="_blank">convection cooling</a>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1024622"] You probably yourself through a lot of work for nothing. I have generally found that fanless cases work fine *IF* they are in a ventilated area *and* are set in such a way that no one side is blocked (by this I generally mean "vertically"). Western Digital cases, for example (I'm thinking of the My Book series here), seem to work MUCH better if you lift them up a bit so that air can flow underneath them. Fanless drives are OF COURSE going to feel warmer than non-fanless ones, but what you are feeling is the heat *dissipating.* The back-top of any iMac would feel much the same way for the same reason. They are both using "[URL="http://www.answers.com/topic/convection-cooling"]convection cooling[/URL]." [/QUOTE]
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