RAID, research to implementation

[Tinker]

RAID Part 4

In this section we are going look at the cooling aspect again. Remember how crowded the inside of the case became after adding the 4 HDDs? This promotes poor air flow in the case and since this is a mid-tower I decided to add a fan for the 2 HDDs that are on the bottom in the 3 1/2" drive bay. The fan I choose is a PCI slot fan. I choose this one because it will fit inbetween the two HDDs. Fan spec.... In the top 5 1/4 bay there is more separation of the HDDs so I choose this HDD Cooler (back of fan). The front fan installed will cool both HDDs in the 5 1/4 bay. This may seem like a lot of over kill but remember we have just added 3 more sources of heat in the case (3 new HDDs plus the original). There are seven fans in my case now and I am thinking of adding one more. The reason for all of this is because if I buy the full tower case that I want it will be around 200 bucks and I am not ready to spend that amount of money on a case just yet. My girlfriend says it will not be long and I will have it however. She is probably right.... for now..