Idle harddrive temperatures.

[Comp_Pro]

Hi old friends. Boy, have I been a member here for a while.

I recently built a new system which has made my wallet feel very light. For storage I purchased 2 x 2TB WD Black harddrives. I notice that the idle temperature for them is around 50-55 degrees celcius. (That is 122F - 131F) for you Americans out there.

Is this normal? What temperatures do harddrives usually idle at?

This is a page that gives information on WD Black drives. WD Black

Thank you all.

Edit: Added my machine specs to my sig

Edit 2: I also wanted to ask, how hot should I allow these to get before powering off my machine?

 

[BK_123]

I think that they should idle a lot lower than that..

 

[Venus1]

They're running slightly high for a PC system but certainly not overheating. Around 20+ ~ 40 degrees is about average for such a system, though it's nothing to really be concerned about they'll still function fine at that temperature. You could simply install an extra cooling fan for them or re-arrange them so they have space (ie: not on top/next to each other).

Unless they reach highs of 60+ I'd start getting concerned that something's wrong.

 

[IAntDemo]

That's idle temp, Mine runs at 40-50

 

[Celegorm]

Keeping in mind that these are WD Blacks which run at 10k RPM vs the standard 7200 RPM this is just fine. Blacks run hotter by nature, and the ones I ran were right in that same range. There's nothing to worry about here.
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looks likes they have changed a bit and no longer run at 10k, but they now have two CPUS built in which again adds heat.

 

[Venus1]

Keeping in mind that these are WD Blacks which run at 10k RPM vs the standard 7200 RPM this is just fine. Blacks run hotter by nature, and the ones I ran were right in that same range. There's nothing to worry about here.
{edit}
looks likes they have changed a bit and no longer run at 10k, but they now have two CPUS built in which again adds heat.

I had x2 Seagate Barracuda's that also run at 10k rpm running on a raid that were cooler than this. Though it was a while back and storage space has tripled since then.