Advise on motherboard purchase

[Christopher Chan]

> The HDs can operate at up to 70C temperatures but they never get
> anywhere close to this as there is enough air circulating inside the
> case - at least in my computer(s). As well, the newer HDs run VERY cool:
> I have WD 500GB and Seagates and they are barely warm after working all
> day. But, of course, they do feel a bit warmer when the ambient
> temperature goes up.

70 Centigrade? What have you been taking Basil? I know of disks that 
DIED at 55/60 (big argument about why the file servers were unstable - I 
won after I proved it was heat issues heh) so there is no way you can 
run at 70C which is over 10% OUT of the manufacturers' stated operating 
environment.