When is a case no longer a case? (was Re: scorpions vs dust bunnies

[Carl Parrish]

I'm suddenly wanting to build a computer cluster against my wall maybe 
with plexiglass over it and input and output fans on either side. Would 
make one hell of an art statement.

Carl P.


Alan Dayley wrote:

> 8 hard drives would do it!  Convection ain't enough when 8 mechanical
> heaters are running.
> 
> Actually, as I wrote my response, I wondered if driven circulation would be
> needed in some cases.  You answered that question.
> 
> If you mounted the mother boards on the wall with no case around them, as
> Bob suggested, would a ceiling fan in the room provide enough circulation?
> Just a random wondering thought...
> 
> Alan
> 
> At 04:38 PM 4/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> 
>> I have definatly found that if I leave the case off my machine at home it
>> will eventually overheat.
>> I guess 2 processors, 8 hard drives and a voodoo 3500 all build up quite a
>> bit of heat and with the sides open the heat will tend to just stick around
>> in the case for a while,  but with the sides on the 4 fans that I have in it
>> can turn it into a wind tunnel and get the heat out of it.
>> 
>> My guess is that if all you have for fans in your case is the CPU fan and
>> the power supply fan, you are better off with the lid off your case, but if
>> you have some extra push/pull fans in your case, you should put the lid back
>> on so they can do their job.
>> 
>> Brian Cluff
>> 
>> 
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