AFAIK this is an old wives tale from the days before they built temperature sensors into chips. It was difficult to argue with back then. But these days it only takes minutes to actually test, and every test I've ever seen shows temperatures dropping the more open the case is.
This case I have right now has a fan in the side panel that blows right at the CPU. But the CPU is still at least 10deg cooler when open (with that fan removed). That doesn't mean there aren't other disadvantages to the practice. If it's on the floor and you have pets/kids, forget it. On Dec 10, 2007 4:47 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > actually he mentioned leaving the side open and pointing a fan at it. > opening the side and leaving it open does interfere with airflow in the > better designed cases. Apple has very specifically designed cases, those > you don't want to leave the door open on. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
