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To place cooling fans or not to place cooling fans.....
DaveStall:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on November 19, 2008, 12:34:03 pm ---JaveryH and DaveStall are correct.
Your setup may be different. You can put a fan in and be safe, or you can put some vents in and see how it holds up. On my full size cabs, I just use vents, but I make sure the computers I put in aren't heat machines. I've recently started using the low power consumption atom processors. But if I used a core2 duo with a high end video card and was drawing a lot of juice - I'd be more inclined to put some fans in to assist.
In my bartops, I always use some sort of cooling.
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How is the Atom working for you? I have been itching to build an Atom based system, but I haven't seen many reports on how MAME runs on them.
If I had to put a new system together for a cabinet right now, a E7200 paired with a G31 based board would be a nice low power system (<100W total I would guess). I don't think heat would be much of a problem there either.
Dave
garnerb350:
Reason why I'm asking, is that I'm trying to keep cost down to a minium and people's hand me downs....but yet blow everybody's mind when they come over..."You BUILT an ARCADE!!!" SWEET!... I'm using common sense when it comes to understanding computer knowledge...The computer is just a factory Dell Dimension 4600, 80 gig, 1 gig RAM...The Monitor is a 21' Dell Trinitron....and the cab will have the flourensnt light, speakers, subwoofer...and probley will have LEDs for coin lights when i get a coin door. I HAVENT BUILT THE CAB YET....I'm just doing the planning. and just needed imput from the "pros" ( you guys)....
SirPeale:
At minimum you're going to want some vents. Some slots routed out to allow warmer air to pass out, and something below to allow cooler air in. Heat rises, so a lot of the ventilation will take care of itself, as long as you allow it to.
garnerb350:
That one thing for sure I am going to place....VENTS....I've got some old air duct vents that i was going to paint and place on the cab. I just wasn't sure if Fans would be necessary.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: DaveStall on November 19, 2008, 02:32:16 pm ---How is the Atom working for you? I have been itching to build an Atom based system, but I haven't seen many reports on how MAME runs on them.
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Works good for classics, and jukebox.