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WD Red pro 8tb very hot and loud (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just replaced my old WD red 4tb with new WD red pro 8tb (WD8003FFBX) and its getting very hot and loud compared to the old one.

While I was transferring files temperatures got to 50, 51 degrees with a lot of sounds coming out of it. Is this normal?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, 8TB drives in general really need active cooling and they also tend to be on the louder side.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'd say any drive needs that. I left a 3tb running without cooling and it got up to 60c