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JonnyBoy:
As of right now my design is based on putting a motherboard, hard drive, etc. inside of a control panel. My main concern is the wood acting as an insulator and all that. Do you think that the heatsink and 1 intake and 1 outtake fan will be enough to keep the box cool? Any other suggestions for keeping the temperature within reasonable levels?
LordDamo:
Depends on the layout of all the components and how close they are to each other I guess.

You could look into cooling for your hard drive, something like this:

http://www.xoxide.com/hardrivcool1.html

Hope this helps you out.
NoOne=NBA=:
Liquid cooling, with the tubes and reservoir hanging out of the CP would be cool. (Pun intended).

That way you wouldn't have to explain MAME to anyone because the question of the day would be "What's all that glowing tubing hanging out of your joystick for?".
Witchboard:
I guess it would depend on your hardware also.  What kind of processor are you going to be running?  Are you using a power supply with a fan?
JonnyBoy:
I'm running that cheap PCChips mobo with a 1.6 ghz Duron. I haven' purchased a power supply yet but will most likely get one with a fan. Will I be okay with the heatsink/fan, power source fan, and 1 outtake and intake fan mounted on the back of the CP?
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