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Last edited by lehnerus2000; 25 Dec 2011 at 03:01. Reason: Additional
I looked over the article again (haven't for a couple of years) and found the study was based on data from 2005-2006 which means the drives themselves could have been 2004 or even earlier vintage.
They found that drives older than 3 yrs had a much higher failure rate at 40c+. Now could that have been because they were older vintage technology? I don't know. I try and keep my drives between 35 and 40.
Merry Christmas
It is possible that HDDs are more robust now.
When I first started work as a repair tech (1982) anything over 50°C was "death" for electronics.
My graphics card runs at about 60°C (people tell me that's normal these days).
My HDDs run between 30°C and about 37°C.
At that price, I don't see one in my rig anytime in the near future.
Oh ye of little faith, just as military and commercial uses push technologies economics of scale drive down the cost of expensive items. Take one look at what your 50" LED just cost you and do a little backwards cross shop say 5 years ago. When these are the norm the chip sets cost will tumble. In the racing community it's "Race on Sunday, Showroom on Monday" ! I fully expect to wait longer than a day for this product but it's very reassuring that they are being built at all.
You're absolutely right as soon as the price comes down to a more "manageable" size I definitely will have one or two of those babies
But having to support a family automatically excludes me from the "early buyer's list"
-DG