For what it's worth, I ran a 1GHz during summer and got lots of heating. Picked up a plastic molded muffler thing with fan attached to it called 2coolPC. Blows air directly onto the motherboard and processor. I placed right by the front intake fan which took the cooler air from outside of the case when blowing to the motherboard.
----- "The IBM PC was created by people who drank alcohol. The Mac was created by people who smoked pot." ----- Original Message ----- From: "FemmeFatale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Willing to run Dragon Plus MB > And FWIW, get a SERVER Case or a RACK if you plan to use more than one > server in a configuration (like a rendering farm for movie/animation > stuff). > > Cooling isn't a big issue if you do some small research. If you go > AMD's route, their website has a special section devoted to cooling & > the heatsinks/methods they recommend. > > Intel has no such section on their site. If you really want info, post > again & I'll dig up a URL for the Intel folks. > > Femme > > "FLYNN, Steve" wrote: > > > > Providing the fans hold up, then yes. Ensure you route cabling correctly. > > Don't use massively high-spin speed hard drives - they run a lot hotter than > > slower stuff. Be sensible about the configuration of the machine... > > > > 24*7*365 isn't a problem. The important thing is the load on the box. > > Remeber, the machine will run cooler with a light load on it than it will if > > you are running Dnet or SETI@home on it all the time. > > > > I assume the machine is to be used as a server - and as such will be under > > stres at times. Would you say this was the case? > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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