Posted by wrybread on February 08, 2002 at 00:12:24:
In Reply to: PC cover on or off, and air flow posted by Willy on February 03, 2002 at 13:42:40:
For years now I've kept all my computer cabinets totally open, since I tend to futz with the innards so often. I've never had a dead computer yet, and looking at the CPU temp in SiSandra, things stay nice and cool.
And in one of my cabs I mounted the motherboard to the inside wall, mimicking the board that was originally installed in the cabinet, and built a little wooden rack for the harddrives. It works great, doesn't heat up at all, and looks nice too.
Don't worry about it.
Well, unless you're overclocking maybe.
: The cabinet design I'm planning on will not be open at the back.
: This brings the question of air flow and cooling to mind.
: I do plan on having several holes in the top of the cab for air intake, and a good fan in the back to exhaust. Hopefully that is sufficient.
: I am also planning on leaving the PC cover off to allow it to be exposed to the air flow.
: Any thoughts?
: Is a PC, monitor, and a small stereo tucked in a cabinet going to generate / capture enough heat for me to worry about it this much?
: Thanks in advance.