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bounou

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Jun 6, 2012
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So i got my hands on a G4 cube this week, thinking about modding it to a backup HD enclosure, 2 or 3 usb 3.0 external 3TB HD's.

My main worry is the heat, the cube obviously will bottle the heat from the HD's.

Will i end up killing my hard drives prematurely?
 
Well the cube was a computer at one point right? ;) just make sure you use the vans and keep air flowing.

Cubes don't have fans. While a fan can easily be added to the bottom centre of on, it may not be enough to move air around and it may get loud.
 
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