If you want to be *really* serious about increasing your airflow, you may need to modify your case, as described at http://www.2cooltek.com/case001.html.
;-) --Joel > You don't mention if you intend to still have case fans or not. > Remember, your CPU isn't the only source of heat, and good airflow is > important (CPU will produce heat even if it doesn't need it's own fan > and that heat needs to go somewhere). You also need to take into > account the heat produced the GPU, HDD, PSU, CD-ROM, CD-RW (these can > make more heat than you'd expect), etc. Remember, with really good > airflow (think fan ducting), it is possible to even run a semi-recent > chip at full speed using just a heatsink (see Compaq, IBM, HP, Gateway, > etc). I've seen numerous Pentium IIs and some Pentium IIIs running with > just a heatsink and using fan ducting to blow air across it. > > When considering airflow, remember that you can considerably improve it > by rerouting cables behind drive cages (45 degree folds will get 90 > degree angles in your ribbon cables. You can also use round cables. > You might also consider using pieces of cardboard to create different > "airflow zones." For example, you might have the 5.25" bays and PSU > completely separated from the bottom part, especially if your PSU blows > hot air inward (as reccomended by the ATX spec) rather than outward > (what most PSUs do in white boxes). Also remember that air MOVEMENT is > not the objective, but rather air FLOW.
