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Any horror stories from not properly ventilating a MAME cabinet
emb:
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--- Quote from: Donkbaca on June 30, 2011, 03:38:34 pm ---Haha... Ive built my share of pcs. Just because youve done things over and over doesnt mean you are doin it right. I guess we are all just smarter than those people with the fancy degrees that manufacture and sell these things to the public.
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My point is, engineers don't make design decisions, Bean Counters do.
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I think of it more as the bean counters are what limits our options for design. (I don't mean to split hairs or derail....I just couldn't resist :P)
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on June 30, 2011, 10:55:26 pm ---Benkenobi. Can you please explain how not including a 3 dollar intake fan blows the profitability on my 1500 gaming rig? Damn bean counters!
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I'm not Ben but I'll answer this anyways. It's pure economics of scale. Read up on Muntzing and educate yourself. :cheers:
lastrega:
I think fans are a must if you use an lcd monitor, they alone can cause massive heat buildup...... I put 2 intake fans on the rear and 4 output fans, near the top on my cocktail,( no dryer hose though:) ) and boy I am glad I did...... I can open my access panel even on a cool day in maine..... it gets warm in there, thanks mostly to my 32" lcd....... my four output fans are only inches from my lcd and they are more than enough to suck the heat out.... I am sure that if I would not have planned ahead my lcd would have been toast in a month......And I used all blue led fans to add a groovalicious look. and not to mention with 6 four led fans in there , I did not need a service light inside:)...... but as stated before , cheap insurance.........FANS :)
bkenobi:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on July 01, 2011, 01:13:29 am ---
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on June 30, 2011, 10:55:26 pm ---Benkenobi. Can you please explain how not including a 3 dollar intake fan blows the profitability on my 1500 gaming rig? Damn bean counters!
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I'm not Ben but I'll answer this anyways. It's pure economics of scale. Read up on Muntzing and educate yourself. :cheers:
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Exactly! You're not thinking about the big picture here. One fan may only cost $3, but then you have to multiply that out by 10,000 since that's your projected production run. We can't take a $30,000 hit on this project, so the fan has to be left out. Sorry, the end user will just have to understand there may be a few minor limitations.
;D
BruceM:
fans are must in properly ventilation. at least at myself :)
dunno, it is a big question, beacuse there is almost always financial limit. fan is a good option. there is another but more expensive options.