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[nighthawk]

Take Everest or Dtemp (drive temperature) - free programs which can read temp from hdd sensor.

Having a 120 mm fan in front of hdds is a good thing, and it's probably enough to keep them cool. But it creates another not so big problem - more dust will attach on your drives. (when you squize air through narrow passaga pressure drops and particules of dust attach to any surface that creates drag)

[johneva]

I do have Everest but I still got no temps for my HDDs.

Good job the case has a filter on that front intake then.

Also I am planning on cleaning often too with can of air as there are some rather expensive parts in there and I plan on looking after them.

[nighthawk]

Also I am planning on cleaning often too with can of air as there are some rather expensive parts in there and I plan on looking after them.

My english is not so good but I think you are using compressed air. Don't use it on MOBO, especially not near PCI and RAM slots. It pushes the dust even further. Use regular vacuum cleaner instead.

Also when you clean your PC don't unplug it from socket. You may turn of power switch on the back of your power unit but if you unplug it completely than your PC isn't grounded so electric charge could built while you clean. This is just precaution. Some integrated circuits (chips) are very sensitive to static electricity.

[johneva]

I know I did build the rig meself and you also have to be careful of static then too.

I did not know that using compressed air was a bad idea though, that is how everbody else has advised to clean.