Wols Lists wrote: > On 16/06/2024 09:40, Michael wrote: >>>>>> Now to get temp sensors and stuff to work. I want to keep a eye on >>>>>> temps for a bit. I think the boot media was reporting the wrong >>>>>> info. >>>>>> Even the ambient temp was to high for this cool room. It showed >>>>>> like >>>>>> 100F or something when my A/C is set to 68F or so. Plus, the >>>>>> side is >>>>>> off the case at times. New battle. 😉 > >> The side panel should help improve air flow through the case >> (depending on the >> design). I've seen CPU temperatures on big tower servers with dual >> xeon CPUs >> going up when the side panel was removed. > > My previous case had a cone connecting the CPU to a vent in the side. > Whether that sucked warm case air over the CPU and vented it directly > out, or sucked cool outside air over the CPU and vented it into the > case, I don't know. Either way, the air flowing over the CPU was > outside the case just before or after doing so. > > Cheers, > Wol > >
I've seen factory puters have a duct thing that goes from the CPU fan to the rear of the case also. That way the heat from the CPU is never vented inside the case. I've also seen a few that are like you mentioned. I kinda liked the ones that remove the CPU heat from the case to the rear myself. That helps keep the other components cooler since the heat from the CPU isn't released into the case. A lot of case makers use different tactics to control heat. To me tho, the best is a fan on the top of the case. Every case that I've had that had top fans ran cooler. Heat wants to rise anyway so it's natural for heat to go to the top. As I mentioned elsewhere, I really like a side fan as well. They keep the mobo cool by providing fresh air to everything from the video card to other components on the mobo. When I remove the side from my Cooler Master, the one thing that really gets affected, the video card. I think most case makers really put thought into cooling. They want the flashy crap to sadly but regardless of looks, cooling has to be a very high priority. Some come up with some inventive ways to do it. Dale :-) :-)
