There's probably a lot of ways to do it. But this works well for me. I do monitor the tempurature of the various components with remote thermometers. Actually, with a reasonable amount air moving through the case, I don't really believe that convection has that much of a chance to take part in the cooling. Again, my opinion.
Steve Rose In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:05:46 -0700 (PDT) > Stephen Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I agree with you that there won't be a vacuum if you have a fan in >> front, but I want a vacuum so that's why I don't use one. As far as > > But, the point is that a vacuum is counter-productive. You *shouldn't* want a > vacuum. > > Think of it this way (very simplified): > > A fan moves air. When the pressure on the intake side of the fan is lower than that > on the outlet side, the fan moves less air (or, if you want to think of it like > this, the fan must work harder to move the same amount of air). When the pressure > on the inlet side is higher than that of the outlet side, it moves more air. > > Air cooling works by convection. The more air you can pass over a hot thing, the > more heat dissipated. > > So, you want to move as much air as possible. > > It is therefore advantageous to have a blower (inlet fan) as opposed to a "vacuum" > so that you can move as much air as possible. > > Now, your argument about directing air over specific devices does have some merit. > Ideally you want drive plate fans blowing air over the drives, adding to the > *positive* pressure inside your case. > > Cheers, > Anthony. > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
