Hi
So i'm using a Seagate 2TB SATA 3 with 7200 RPM hard drive and just wanted to know what are the normal temps for it ?
When in idle the HDD's temp is 42'C and when gaming it goes up to 55'C. If anyone has some info on this i'd greatly appreciate it because i don't know too much about temperatures regarding HDD.
Drive temps can vary considerably depending on your case, your fan setup, and the ambient temperature.
My 7200 rpm drives usually ran in the mid 30s. I no longer use one, but my current 5400 RPM Western Digital backup drive is sitting at 31 right now in a 78 degree room. That's normal for it--it has always run 4 or 5 degrees cooler than a 7200 RPM drive. My case temps are probably lower than most as I don't use a video card.
I wouldn't worry about those temps you posted. There is likely some degree of correlation between drive temps and longevity, but there are so many other factors (including sheer randomness) that I wouldn't get wound up about drive temps unless they were in the 60s and 70s constantly.
Thanks for you reply Ignatzatsonic. I normally wouldn't worry about it either, but my HDD is about 5 years old so i figured it can't hurt to ask.
I just wouldn't want it to fail because i'm really in no mood to get a new one especially since i don't need to. The current 2TB for storage is enough for me even with games, movies and other stuff. If i'll ever upgrade i will probably get a new one at about 4TB or more so i won't really have to worry at all regarding disk space.
You're using DDR3 RAM, so I'd guess most of your components are over 5 years old.
If you can spare 50 bucks, I'd at least put Windows and as many applications as possible on an SSD. Then re-use that SSD whenever you decide to do a major upgrade (motherboard and CPU).
Your hard drive could of course fail in the next 30 seconds and you would never know if heat had anything to do with that. Or it could last 20 years. My remaining spinning hard drive (3 TB) is 5.5 years old and I've already taken an oath that I will run it till it dies and then replace it with an SSD. The second oath I've taken is that I have bought my last spinning drive.
Problem is that SSDs larger than 2 TB are still $400 plus, so I'm hoping it lasts at least another year or two.
Not at all of them. My CPU and GPU are about 3-4 years old and my PSU is about 4 years old also.
Also i never said i'd get an SSD. If i'm gonna get new storage it will definetly be HDD not SSD. SSDs are totally not worth the money in my opinion. I'll never want my PC to boot in 7 seconds because i'm not that impatient to wait 30 seconds while it boots from a normal HDD. Also, i've never had a game that actually required an SSD for it to start or run better than on an SSD.
Also a 4TB HDD is about 100 euros where i live so the price is really a lot better for an HDD than a SSD.
I didn't mean to be rude or anything, but honestly i just see SSDs as a waste of money. It's not like i'll ever be in such a hurry i won't be able to wait 30 seconds for my PC to boot.
Nothing wrong with those temperatures, all dependent on the temperatures inside the box.
If your HDD is 5 years old then you should be thinking about replacement.
Failures are often random, you have to take that in to account, not just age. i.e. backups.
Whilst Windows may monitor some SMART data on drives, SMART data is not very reliable as a guide to a failure.
Adequate RAM and HDD space is a lot more important than having an SSD. I don't care whether Windows starts in 15 secs instead of 30 secs, or an application starting in 1 mS rather than 0.2 Secs.
Large capacity SSDs are still expensive relative to an HDD.
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