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To place cooling fans or not to place cooling fans.....
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 18, 2008, 04:24:06 pm ---Are you putting a computer case inside with it's own cooling? If so then I don't think you need anything else on top of that.
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Where would the hot air from the case go? Into the cabinet of course...
javeryh:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on November 19, 2008, 10:19:20 am ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 18, 2008, 04:24:06 pm ---Are you putting a computer case inside with it's own cooling? If so then I don't think you need anything else on top of that.
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Where would the hot air from the case go? Into the cabinet of course...
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yeah but an average cabinet is quite spacious inside to where I don't think it will be an issue. I don't have ventilation in my mini cab and every time I open up the coin door it is very cool inside and I've had the cab on for 6+ hours at a time. I don't know... I mean a fan/vent wouldn't hurt but I don't think it is vital with the computer tower in there...
DaveStall:
I think it depends on several factors. What kind of computer is it? A newer 45nm chip is going to dissipate less heat than an old P4 or AMD XP CPU. What is the ambient temperature of the room like? How big is the space you will have the computer in? I am guessing everyone will have different answers and thus different cooling requirements. I know my cabinet gets very warm inside. I am running an AMD XP2800+ which dissipates something like 96W. I have found that running the computer caseless results in better CPU and motherboard temperatures, so I didn't end up adding exhaust fans. If you need to keep the computer in a case, you will know soon enough if you need exhaust fans if you start getting heat related system errors.
Dave
Portnoy:
I placed 2 small fans in the top of my cab, not so much for the PC but for the monitor. The CRT gives off quite a bit of heat and for an extra hour of work it was well worth the piece of mind for me.
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leapinlew:
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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