23 Oct
2005
23 Oct
'05
7:31 p.m.
On 10/23/2005 at 9:53 PM Allison wrote:
As to who care's? Officially not I. Unofficially
as someone that's
got one running and all, cooling is life for electronics. Anything
running nearly 200W of DC is going to need a little breeze lest it
become a pizza oven.
There are alot of boards that will live longer and all if there is
enough air passing over them. It's a good thing.
...and even more boards that would benefit from a little airflow design.
Too many systems just put some fans on the box and let whatever goes on in
the interior of the box be solved by magic. One of the many weaknesses
of the PC, IMOHO, is that there's no real provision made for airflow over
the surfaces of the option cards. In fact, the whole lot is stuck in a
corner of the box (with no vents nearby), so expansion cards essentially
reside in a dead space as concerns air circulation.
BTW, here's a supplier of all sorts of fans. Maybe there's a more better
replacement there:
http://www.blowerwheel.com/fans-cooling-electronics-framed-square.htm
Cheers,
Chuck