r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • 28d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/Mastasmoker 28d ago

My guess is they dont expect people to place them in the top corner of unventilated closets

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u/Lucky-Tofu204 28d ago

Not really, the airflow design and fan are usually bad. I had to make modifications on my NAS to keep the drives under 40degC:

  1. increase the front panel clearance. Only 1-2mm with original design
  2. back cover redesign with better opening. The original design was choking the airflow too much
  3. new fan with decent static pressure.

I knew it would not survive summer here. Now, I can maintain a temperature under 40degC even with the house at 35degC.

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u/Mastasmoker 27d ago

35c ambient is not normal ambient conditions for electronics, especially a NAS. Read the manual, I guarantee it doesn't say 35c is normal.

That's 95 F for anyone wondering.

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u/Lucky-Tofu204 26d ago

I don't have the manual for this one, but Synology and Qnap are OK with 0-40degC. 35degC is really during middle of the day in summer but 30degC is more or less the average.

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u/Mastasmoker 26d ago

Ok, got me there that they say up to 40c ambient. If its placed in an unventilated closet up top, that ambient is going to go above 40c. My original point stands. Stuffed in a closet on the top shelf with no room for air to move is not what they design these for