Very good point. I did intend that the case have a
fan, though I did not state that. The C3 CPU does put
out heat, and so the case will need to be ventilated
or act as a heat sink. Idea: A mini-itx case mod to
make it into a coffee mug warmer. Anybody good with
CAD to sketch it out? What kind of heat sink should be
used to draw heat away from the CPU and into the
warmer plate.

BTW, the C3 comes in more versions than I was aware
of, so CPUs that are slower and faster are available:
http://www.mini-itx.com/faq.asp#Hardware7

And here are some examples of small cases for the
mini-itx:
http://www.mini-itx.com/store/systems.asp
though I realize Abbott said he would build his own.



--- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would think that even though it doesn't require a
> fan, it probably
> still requires some ventilation. Unless the
> processor puts up no heat at
> all, or you can figure out some way to make the case
> itself a working
> heat sink, then the heat will eventually build up to
> a damaging level.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 07:12, John Hebert wrote:
> > --- abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ...
> > > were gonna build the itx case and it will be
> > > waterproof. should be quite fun to see it in
> action
> > 
> > Inneresting. I've thought about a similar project.
> How
> > are you gonna handle cooling the CPU? You could
> run
> > the C3 800Mhz which has been touted not to need a
> fan.
> > I _think_ that will run on a mini-itx board.



                
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