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Ginsu Victim:

I didn't have room for my case, but the board everything is on sits in the bottom of the cab and is easier to remove than a case. Also, I don't have to open a case or pull it out to work on it.

Great airflow, as well.

Visitor Q:

Good Point.

I am just going to leave the side panel off of my case. I may lay it flat or upright, depends on the room I have as well.

CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: Visitor Q on November 21, 2008, 10:30:14 am ---I see no reason not to just put it all in a case if you have the room, I mean then if you need to work on it you just pop the case out of the cab.  :dunno

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Not an unreasonable thought.

For the most part, "real" cabs are set up to allow quick swaps in and out and that is why I mount to a piece of plywood and use standard JAMMA wiring wherever possible on my MAME rigs. It is also a convenient way to secure the rig inside the cab. Securing a cased PC, like securing a cased monitor, is a real pain in comparison. I can't be bothered to unpack the stuff inside every time I want to move my cab.

It took me about 15 seconds to pull that rig from my Vertical MAME and replace it with a 48-in-1. It will take about the same amount of time to install this rig in my new project.

And, if I need to work on it, it is a single unit and I don't have to decase.

 :cheers:


DaveStall:

It is only great airflow when you run caseless if you have some sort of fan pulling air across the motherboard.  If you run a motherboard with a hot chipset and you have your PC caseless, you still need some sort of air movement to keep the chipset cool.  Part of the benfit of a case is that the fans should be setup to provide some airflow across the chipset to remove the heat.  Yes, you might be exhausting that air back into your arcade cabinet but you are still moving heat away from the major heat producing devices.

In the end, if you aren't getting frequent computer lockups, then you have sufficient cooling.  One other consideration.  If you have small children (or young siblings, etc.) and your cabinet door doesn't have a lock on it, running a PC caseless is about as smart as licking a public toilet seat.

Dave

CheffoJeffo:


--- Quote from: DaveStall on November 21, 2008, 10:47:09 am ---It is only great airflow when you run caseless if you have some sort of fan pulling air across the motherboard.  If you run a motherboard with a hot chipset and you have your PC caseless, you still need some sort of air movement to keep the chipset cool.  Part of the benfit of a case is that the fans should be setup to provide some airflow across the chipset to remove the heat.  Yes, you might be exhausting that air back into your arcade cabinet but you are still moving heat away from the major heat producing devices.
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I would have to agree with that ... I'm not running hot chipsets by any stretch of the imagination, but this could be an issue for some of you hotshots.  ;)


--- Quote from: DaveStall on November 21, 2008, 10:47:09 am ---  One other consideration.  If you have small children (or young siblings, etc.) and your cabinet door doesn't have a lock on it, running a PC caseless is about as smart as licking a public toilet seat.
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I would agree with that, except that the more important consideration is the monitor -- a decased PC could be a pain, but a decased monitor is actually dangerous.

I am one of those who likes their back and coin doors installed and secured.

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