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shponglefan:

--- Quote from: UFO on July 25, 2013, 06:18:58 pm ---When I started building PC's many years ago, I was taught that the airflow through a PC was designed so efficiently and directionally that if you actually took the hardware out it would overheat causing performance problems.
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I remember hearing the same thing, but in my experience I think it's just an urban legend.

UFO:

--- Quote from: gildahl on July 25, 2013, 08:43:30 pm ---I used one of these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353001

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I'm liking that...

If I were to strip the case, I would be taking out the case board too and attaching everything to it, then attaching that to the cab case - along with a good gap between the two for airflow.

UFO:

--- Quote from: shponglefan on July 25, 2013, 09:38:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: UFO on July 25, 2013, 06:18:58 pm ---When I started building PC's many years ago, I was taught that the airflow through a PC was designed so efficiently and directionally that if you actually took the hardware out it would overheat causing performance problems.
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I remember hearing the same thing, but in my experience I think it's just an urban legend.

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Not sure its an urban legend - I know it to be true but I wonder what the best way to keep cool would be (other than using liquids!).

Access would be a pain if  the hardware were inside a case...

Here is some more stuff on airflow: http://www.iceteks.com/articles.php/casecooling/1

I guess if no one here has had any issues, then I will just strip everything from the case...

Cheers guys...

brad808:
I have 3 different cabs that have computers in them, all 3 are overclocked and deceased. I made sure to do my heat testing in the most extreme of circumstances such as leaving them benchmarking under full load for 48 hrs with crt monitors running and never had a problem.

1 is in a driving cabinet that has 1 fan at the back of the cabinet pulling air out. There are vent holes at the front to pull cool air in. I added the fan here because of how little room there is in the bottom of the cabinet. Not sure if it's needed but it was piece of mind because I have a home theatre amp in there as well. 1 is a mortal Kombat 2 cab with no fans. 1 is a new astro city with no fans.

Sent from my Nexus 4

Dawgz Rule:
Cabinet size is also a consideration.  My cab is full size so there is a lot of ambient loss within the cabinet itself.  I should have added that I have a 29" arcade monitor stuffed in there as well and have left it running for days at a time without any issue.  I think the fan I used on the top of the cabinet was a 120mm. 

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