Is 53'C dangerous ?

[Mihai_89]

Hi

So i noticed when i'm gaming my HDD's temp goes to 53'C. Ussually in idle it stays at 42'C.

But is 53'C while gaming dangerous ? This happens when i'm in games such as Witcher 3 or HITMAN 2 - 2018.

[Julien, cut it out.]

Usually the case fan sits in front of the hdd cage, blowing colder ambient air into the case. Such a fan can locally lower the temperature by quiet some degree.
50°C temperature on the hdd sensor can be interpreted such that the heat generated by your CPU & GPU isn't transfered efficiently by your case fans out of the case. The warm air is stuck inside the case.

How's the CPU and GPU temperature behaving under load?

Are the case fans connected to the PSU or to the System Fan header of the motherboard? Change the fan behaviour inside the BIOS.

[AbedsBrother]

Originally posted by Ren:

Thats fine. It only runs damaging around 90C.

For SSDs and M.2 drives, yes. Traditional platter hard-drives shouldn't run hotter than ~46C.

@OP 53C is pretty warm for a platter drive. See if you can get some more airflow around it to bring that temperature down a little bit.

[Yuki]

Originally posted by AbedsBrother:

Originally posted by Ren:

Thats fine. It only runs damaging around 90C.

For SSDs and M.2 drives, yes. Traditional platter hard-drives shouldn't run hotter than ~46C.

@OP 53C is pretty warm for a platter drive. See if you can get some more airflow around it to bring that temperature down a little bit.

I deleted that post because I thought it was cpu temps but of course I can't read.

[L37]

HDD-s being mechanical devices are pretty sensitive to temperatures. They often have set temperature limits somewhere within 50-60C
Example:

Model Family: Seagate Barracuda 2.5 5400
Device Model: ST5000LM000-2AN170

SCT Status Version: 3
SCT Version (vendor specific): 522 (0x020a)
Device State: Active (0)
Current Temperature: 40 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature: 24/42 Celsius
Lifetime Min/Max Temperature: 19/52 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count: 0/0

SCT Temperature History Version: 2
Temperature Sampling Period: 3 minutes
Temperature Logging Interval: 59 minutes
Min/Max recommended Temperature: 14/55 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit: 10/60 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index): 128 (97)

You can read this info from HDD's SMART, or you can try finding it on manufacturer's site.
No idea how to read it on windows though...

[Red™]

temp are fine

[Mihai_89]

Originally posted by Bananarama:

Usually the case fan sits in front of the hdd cage, blowing colder ambient air into the case. Such a fan can locally lower the temperature by quiet some degree.
50°C temperature on the hdd sensor can be interpreted such that the heat generated by your CPU & GPU isn't transfered efficiently by your case fans out of the case. The warm air is stuck inside the case.

How's the CPU and GPU temperature behaving under load?

Are the case fans connected to the PSU or to the System Fan header of the motherboard? Change the fan behaviour inside the BIOS.

CPU and GPU temps are fine. In games in full load CPU goes to 67'C and GPU to 72'C. These are MAX temps.

My PC

FX 8300 octa core 3.3 up to 4.2 Ghz
16 GB RAM
GTX 950 - 2 GB

The CPU is from the AMD FX series so it makes sense it run at that temp, the AMD FX series always did run hotter. But the GPU is quite good. It's the ASUS STRIX GTX 950 not OEM or other manufacturer. The ASUS STRIX series is well known for running cooler then most other manufacturer, other GTX 950 go up to 85'C

[_I_]

53c on a hdd is pretty hot
it may be a bad temp sensor on the drive
touch it and see if its too hot

[[☥] - CJ -]

HDD's do usually have a temp limit as shown
So you'll want to help your HDD out if you can, either by adding More or Better fans, buying a HDD bay cooler, or getting a better ventilated case.

Drives should always be at a comfortable temp.

You can also try dusting out your case, see if that helps.

[Mihai_89]

Thanks guys for all the answers.

Just one more thing. Right now i'm using Fast Startup because that's how W10 is configured from when i installed it.

Should i disable Fast Startup and use Normal Startup ?

[_I_]

yes

fast startup does not do a clean boot
it puts the pc to sleep then wakes it again restoring everything that was in ram from before the 'restart'

[Mihai_89]

Originally posted by _I_:

yes

fast startup does not do a clean boot
it puts the pc to sleep then wakes it again restoring everything that was in ram from before the 'restart'

So should i use it or not ?

[_I_]

with a ssd fast vs clean startup time is within a few seconds
best to disable fast startup

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Mihai_89:

Originally posted by _I_:

yes

fast startup does not do a clean boot
it puts the pc to sleep then wakes it again restoring everything that was in ram from before the 'restart'

So should i use it or not ?

No, disable Fast Startup in bios and in Win10, always.

[Mihai_89]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by Mihai_89:

So should i use it or not ?

No, disable Fast Startup in bios and in Win10, always.

Why is it bad if i use it ?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Off = clean boot every time.
On = uses ram cache each reboot.

Fast boot in the bios is different but can make it harder to enter the bios once enabled, therefore rather pointless.