It's obvious that, with the latest technologies, HDDs became faster and more efficient, but they still generate considerable amounts of heat and this alone endangers the mechanical components and raises the risk of drive failure. In order to avoid such unfortunate events, one may want to check some HDD coolers out. These devices really improve hard drive lifetime and prevent all those unwanted failures, especially in server-oriented and workstation systems.

Titan, a well-known cooling device maker, has recently presented the TTC-HD90 HDD cooler, which is said to significantly reduce HDD temperatures, noise levels and annoying vibrations. Titan presents an interesting design that does not include any fans. Instead, the cooler comes in the form of a high performance aluminum enclosure able to provide great heat dissipation with noise-free cooling. For the noise reduction part, Titan provided surrounded sound insulation and absorption pads to help reduce noise efficiently. Although the enclosure weighs around 765g alone and measures 146x155x42 mm, the installation process is hassle-free. All you need to do is place the hard disk drive into the heat sink enclosure, tighten few screws and there you have it!

In order to provide some actual facts about the RTNV HDD cooler, the guys over at HardwareZone conducted a series of tests with a Samsung SATA 80G 7200RPM model under load, using thermal probes placed on the areas of the hard disk to get temperature readings. These tests returned excellent results, with the HDD being 12 degrees C cooler while placed in the heat sink. The noise factor also dropped from 47.5 dBA to 42 dBA. In addition, the HDD Tune 2.53 benchmark program recorded a 23% overall temperature drop, proving that the RTNV HDD cooler not only looks good, but works well too, providing extended reliability and security.