Recommended Hot Swaps?

[madbrayniak]

Hi all, my computer is in my house and soon to be in a central location near my bedroom. 

 

I do not want my system to be loud as a result. It water cooled but I would like to use some HotSwaps and was wondering if anyone had some good recommendations for brand/style that keeps disks nice and cool without getting excessively hot?

 

I have a Caselabs case and I am trying to source maybe a few more flexbay HDD cages for drives but that may not be an option and I would actually lose 1 HDD per 3 x 5.25 slot as compared to something from ICYDock. 

 

Any recommendations?

[testdasi]

Hotswap + high density + cool + not loud is an impossible combo.

• Hotswap + high density + cool = high fan speed i.e. loud
• Hotswap + high density + not loud = low fan speed i.e. not cool
• Hotswap + cool + not loud = need more air flow i.e. low density i.e. fewer bays
• High density + cool + not loud = need to sound proof i.e. no hot swap

 

[severalboxes]

After trying many different setups over the years I gave up on hot swap. Like testdasi said there's just no practical way to get cool, quiet, and hot swap.