HD temp

I have two questions now.

1) What is the best temperature for HDs to run at? Mines running at around 46 degrees C.

2) I have three HDs, (160GB, 40GB, 40GB) with two sticks of DDR RAM (256 x 2), one optical drive, external 3.5 floppy, wireless network adapter (USB). Will all this run on a 200W PSU? or is it a necessity that i upgrade to 400W?

 

well i think ur hard drive temperature is fine but may be just bit high ... yes if ur gonna add all that stuff u must have atleast 300W of power supply or more

because 200W wont cut it

 

my HDDs run at about 80f idle 100f load ... not sure how that translates to celsius

a 200W PSU *might* be able to handle those components but I'd suggest one of these or similar:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103449
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103906

I don't think you need 400W unless you have a powerful video card and then you'd need more than that ... also depends on what CPU you have

 

That sounds hot to me,my raptor only runs at 34 and its a hot HD!

 

46C = 115F

EVEREST only tell me two of my HD's temps, where can i get my 3rd HD's temp? (its a Western Digital 40GB) since it gets my two other two HDs ( 160GB Maxtor, 40GB Seagate)

 

motherboard monitor is what I use to get my HDDs temps(they're all western digital). You have to set it up to get the hard drives temps though it doesn't automagically tell you from the start. But it only takes a few minutes to look through the interface to set it up correctly. But make sure your motherboard is on the compatibility list, if you're using a computer like HP or sony, etc it most likely won't read the temps correctly.

 

where can i get this app?

 

i have a gatewat 310S by the way.....

 

Look at MG's front page Lot's of great stuff check it out:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/



Everest will display HDD temps:
http://majorgeeks.com/EVEREST_Home_Edition_d4181.html

Motherboard Monitor:
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311


MY HDD's Maxtor SATA's are 23 C / 73 F