My home made water cooling

[Cool Buddy]

I recently bought a new HDD and I am using it with a tech com case. I wanted to use the HDD continuosly, so was looking for a case with a fan, but I couldn't find it. Now when I was using the HDD for over 2 hours, the temperature went to 47 degrees. Although not too high in summer, something struck my mind

The case is made of metal, so it absorbs heat from the HDD. I took a piece of cloth, soaked it in ice-cold water, drained all the extra water so that it doesn't drip from the cloth and wrapped the cloth around the case. In 10 minutes time the temperature came down from 47 degrees to 44 degrees. The water cooling worked!

[6x6]

keep track of moisture...

[Cool Buddy]

I'm not gonna use this regularly, I was just trying if it works and wanted to the share the experience. And also, since th case is completely closed, no moisture should get inside (I hope).

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Cool Buddy

I recently bought a new HDD and I am using it with a tech com case. I wanted to use the HDD continuosly, so was looking for a case with a fan, but I couldn't find it. Now when I was using the HDD for over 2 hours, the temperature went to 47 degrees. Although not too high in summer, something struck my mind

The case is made of metal, so it absorbs heat from the HDD. I took a piece of cloth, soaked it in ice-cold water, drained all the extra water so that it doesn't drip from the cloth and wrapped the cloth around the case. In 10 minutes time the temperature came down from 47 degrees to 44 degrees. The water cooling worked!

nice work. water cooling HDD by 3degree !!! first time seen such an idea

[azaad_shri75]

Originally Posted by Cool Buddy

I'm not gonna use this regularly, I was just trying if it works and wanted to the share the experience. And also, since th case is completely closed, no moisture should get inside (I hope).

absolutely no no, not a good practice , as sudden cooling would result in moisture to condense in the case, which could harm the hdd.