Wel 4 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) Hi guys I just got my new HDD I decided to try HGST DeskStar 4TB NAS and I found it very quiet but when I am doing surface scan I found the drive become very hot so I run hardware monitor software to see the temperature and found it at 51c I should mention I live in a hot country, my other old drives WD Black and Seagate read 43c and 37c respectively so is my HGST has a problem or it is normal to operate at that temperature with HD tune surface scan ? Edited June 15, 2014 by Wel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wel 4 Report post Posted June 15, 2014 I placed a fan now and the temp is 37c but I had to place the fan above the hard drive, no other place to mount . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valleyforge 5 Report post Posted June 16, 2014 Impossible question to answer, because you haven't said how you've mounted or cooled the drive. I'd expect that Deskstar NAS would run quite warm as it's a 7200rpm 4-platter unit. I run 2x4TB Deskstar NAS in a Synology DS213j. One drive runs at 39C and the other at 36C. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wel 4 Report post Posted June 16, 2014 I mean can this drive work normally at 51c or it is dangerous temperature ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valleyforge 5 Report post Posted June 16, 2014 I think those drives are rated to 65C. 51C is perfectly fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wel 4 Report post Posted June 16, 2014 thanks Valleyforge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
