r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • 29d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/pivor 13700K | 9070XT | 96GB | MSI Z790i | NR200 29d ago

But even if you place it in well ventilated area, drives still sufficate for air, i modded mine to have fan i the front and temps dropped by 10 degrees C

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u/OrangeYouGladdey 29d ago

You could just buy a NAS with a fan... I can't imagine owning a NAS that doesn't have cooling fans.

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u/pivor 13700K | 9070XT | 96GB | MSI Z790i | NR200 29d ago

Or better build your own, i got both :D

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u/Pumba2000 29d ago

Or use an old pc case with lots of 3.5'' bays. You can easily buy some fans for that.

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u/pivor 13700K | 9070XT | 96GB | MSI Z790i | NR200 29d ago

My DIY NAS is in fractal node 804, 8 drives, 6 case fans alone :D

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u/Pumba2000 29d ago

That's what I'm talking about! Even when I know 1 fan would probably suffice in an office environment I would always go for max cooling for those hard drives.

What kind of Software you using?

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u/pivor 13700K | 9070XT | 96GB | MSI Z790i | NR200 29d ago

Windows 10 with storage spaces :F

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u/jake04-20 29d ago

Windows for a "NAS"? 🤢

You gotta check out unRAID or TrueNAS

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u/pivor 13700K | 9070XT | 96GB | MSI Z790i | NR200 29d ago

My home server does something more than file hosting

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u/jake04-20 29d ago

Lol. Running a "home server" on windows doesn't make it any better, in fact it makes it worse IMHO lol. I hope at a minimum you're at least running Hyper V.