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papaschtroumpf:


--- Quote from: Santoro on March 16, 2004, 12:03:13 pm ---Take a look at this page:

http://members.cox.net/mame1/hardware.htm

This is the solution I used.  You would have to drill the holes in your shelf then put a vent on top.  

I was worried about the light also so I chose to use opaque tape and masonite to build a light-proof barrier behind my marquee light.

The beginnings of the arrangement can be seen here: <image removed>

Dave


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Wow! that site you point to sure is detailed!

What you suggest probably would work, it's just a lot of work: I reworked Lucid's plans to make the cabinet's depth as short as possible, as a result, the fluorescent light fixture is attached to the angled part ("back") of the top, so I would have to move in forward, probably attach it to the light barrier itself.
As you point out, I would have to drill holes in the monitor shelf since I use a regular monitor, the site you reference uses a frame mounted CRT which I couldn't afford (especially when I had the monitor lying around to start with)


BTW: I like the outside of your cab!

WonderMellon:

While cooler is always better, 55 celcius is WAY within the parameters of the AMD CPU.  AMD lists the max temp on that CPU at 85 celcius.  

As for ventilation, you can always put a amall slot in the bottom front and another about midway (just under the shelf) in the back.  One of those small plug in fans should give you lots of extra air flow.

Just my $0.02

papaschtroumpf:


--- Quote from: WonderMellon on March 16, 2004, 12:22:56 pm ---While cooler is always better, 55 celcius is WAY within the parameters of the AMD CPU.  AMD lists the max temp on that CPU at 85 celcius.  

As for ventilation, you can always put a amall slot in the bottom front and another about midway (just under the shelf) in the back.  One of those small plug in fans should give you lots of extra air flow.

Just my $0.02

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This is ambient, not CPU, which means that everything else inside the case including hardrive and power supply run hotter than that. The CPU is actually the least of my concerns. My power supply is actually the main concern, it has a variable speed fan based on temp and runs at max speed all the time.

I think I'll try mounting the power supply vertically as suggested in the page that Santoro pointed to: since there are no sides in the computer case, it's not like the power supply helps in suck air from the case, so I think it would be more efficient for it if its fans where pointing upwards.

NoOne=NBA=:

I just left the lower part of my cabinet open on the back, and threw my computer in there case and all.

Nobody ever sees the back of it, so I didn't see having a back on the lower part of it as offering any advantage.

papaschtroumpf:

sturdiness. My cab is frameless fo it needs the back or it would collapse  :)

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