Chris Knadle wrote: > On Friday 19 October 2007, Phil M Perry wrote: > >> Some random thoughts below... >> > Since I've never used soundrpoofing cases: do these use internal foam for > the soundproofing? I wouldn't be thrilled with that, as it's typical for > foam to degrade and become particles and become messy. Quite true. Yes, the case would be lined with acoustic foam to absorb the sound, and your job would be to find foam that doesn't crumble into dust. They use this stuff to line recording studios, so there must be some good quality stuff available (that doesn't crumble within a few years). On the inside of the case it would be out of the light and UV, so maybe it would last longer. Ozone sources might be the other thing that would attack it. > > Fanless machines don't require soundproofing and [generally] don't acquire > dust. Really neat if you can manage it. I just opened a fanless machine I > had put into service two years ago -- not a spec of dust. At all. It > surprised me -- I expected to see some dust in there being that there are > lots of holes in the case. [Naturally your milage may vary...] > A fanless machine will have to cool by convection, which means large heat sinks and plenty of room for air to flow. It can be done. Did you have any air filters on the machine with no dust? I don't have any fans blowing air around my house, and yet there's still plenty of dust settling on everything. Dust insulates, and fans keep (much) dust from settling, so watch out for accumulation. > I don't want to have to work around tubes of antifreeze. A few years ago I saw a site describing the cryogenic cooling system that some fanatical overclocker had put together. Quite amusing the lengths that some people will go to. I don't seem to have a link to it -- I may have gotten to it via Slashdot.
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