Just get a well cooled case. Opening the case is NOT a good idea. The Airflow will not be as good as a well planned computer case that is designed for a good air flow, plus you enjoy all the dust into your computer (dust also disturbs proper airflow).
If money is not an issue (and I really mean not an issue :)), you can get a setup like mine: Antec Twleve Hundred case (review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j3MNAQLuIQ ) . Note that it comes without a PSU. or one of its smaller brothers for a lower price, but of the same type (the "Nine Hundred" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-igk9kT2P8 - for example) - especially note that the PSU location there is at the bottom and there's an exhaust at the top instead. And for dissipiating the heat from your CPU: A cooler from Noctua. I opted for a one that can work without a fan (heatsink only - because whatever does not rotate cannot break...) and had no issues when doing big compilations (kernel/kde etc) . The cooler actually came with 2 fans (push/pull configuration) but they can be removed because the heatsink was good enough. If the small noise is not an issue, you might want to get something like this: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=35&lng=en The question is if all that is considered 'affordable' to you ;-) HTH, -- Shimi On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Shimon Panfil <i...@industrialphys.com>wrote: > > Hi folks, > I'm looking for affordable workstation for heavy number crunching, not > x86-64 multicore. It seems that multicore systems have problems with cooling > (physically it is pretty clear). My current amd-64 4-core machine works fine > only if less than 2 cores have 100% load. Rougly 2*100 work 20 min before > temperature becomes high, 4*100 can last couple of minuts only. Last year I > have already burned processor and do not want repeat the experience. > > I'll be glad to know my options other than open the box and add fans or set > air conditioner in my working place to very low temperature.
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