Heheheheheheheh I've thought about doing that a few times, but to
ventilate my own heat, not the CPU's :-D
dean
Joel wrote:
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.
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