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tony.silveira:
hi all,

i'm thinking of surface mounting my motherboard in my cab, lose the pc case.  i could potentially mount the power supply and hd's along the side panels, it might save me a ton of space and help the air flow.

wondering if anyone on here has done so and if so, could you share some pics?\

thanks
syph007:
It's much better for airflow for sure.  Lots of people do this for that reason.

You can see my pc mounted in my thread here.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=95768.msg1017800#msg1017800
DrumAnBass:
The only real advantage to having a case is sound management, if you have a noisy graphic card fan or power supply etc.
tony.silveira:
thanks for the responses guys, appreciated.

i already have the cover off of my case so noise isn't an issue for me.

quick question on the cpu cooling.  my power supply is RIGHT over the cpu.  the ps has an intact fan that is positioned VERY close to the cpu and an exhaust fan at the back of the case.  so the ps draws heat away and exhausts it out the back.

won't pulling that ps off of the cpu increase it's temperature?  fyi, i have my core 2 duo 8500 overclocked to 4gh so they run a bit hotter than out of the box
DillonFoulds:
http://www.arcadeemulator.net/cgi-bin/shop/cp-app.cgi?usr=51F7736081&rnd=2289793&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=P.C.+Board+Holder&cat=Accessories&catstr=HOME:Accessories

I got one of these in my upright mame, can't really be beat!
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