Software to test hard-drive temps? Anyone know of any?

[JacksonVFR]

Hey guys, I'm not having a hard-drive issue exacly, but I'm a bit concerend about temperature. I have three case, but none in front to cool the hard-drives. They are all located either center or rear.

I have my hard-drives spaced with one bay in between them, but no fan. Would a typical fan there in front cool them off a fair amount?

To give an idea, I have an Aspire Dreamer II case, a fan in TOP center, a fan in the TOP REAR left side then a fan in the BOTTOM REAR. If anybody has any tips or knows of any software recommendations for testing my hard-drive or PSU temps, I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance guys.

 

[kiddpete]

There is a program called speedfan which attempts to control fan speeds. It also reports temperatures if the PC is equipped to measure them.

 

[Freestone]

Hard drive temps via freeware SMART monitoring tool HDD Health at

http://www.panterasoft.com/index.html

 

[JacksonVFR]

Well, one drive is running at 44 degrees C, the other at 40 degrees C. I suppose that's fine, but wow they're hot to the touch after running. I suppose because of the solid metal they're surrounded by and that it retains the heat so well. If anybody has any tips or facts to throw at me for hard-drive temps, I'd appreciate it. Otherwise, you guys helped me enough. I chose to download HDD Health.

 

[Frank4d]

You could cool them a little with a fan, but I think 44 and 40 degrees is not a reason for concern.

 

[JacksonVFR]

Well, my lowest drive in the case is only a few inches from the bottom and that one read as high as 46 degrees C, and the program indicated that 46 is quite bad. I moved the only fan from the back of my case to the front and it seems to have cooled it 10 degrees C! I have a fan exiting out the top for my processor, I hope that's enough to keep the rest cool until I get another fan.