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If I were to take a shotgun or an ice pick to the side of my case, would the extra ventilation help cool my computer down?
Note: I am being serious.
Note: I am being serious.
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Ffats said:Wow, you're so original.. considering this has been around since Jesus.
That's it!!! And I say that when the simpsons said it it was funny not you.
ryuen said:u want better cooling? just take off the hole side panel
I agree. I've an article I did for the front page that shows that sometimes it can be better to have the case side on. The gist of it is I set all of my case fans to output and ran a (mostly) sealed duct to the CPU's input fan so only external air would get to the CPU. Then I plugged up all the holes and seams in the case that I possibly could. The end result was a "wind tunnel" effect on the CPU duct which made it easier for my fan to move the maximum amount of air. And if my CPU fan stopped for whatever reason the "wind tunnel" would give me extra time by pulling at least some air into the case and over the heatsink. I can think of two times it probably saved me from making a keychain. The full article can be read here.CrashOveride said:
Not always.
eobard said:
I agree. I've an article I did for the front page that shows that sometimes it can be better to have the case side on. The gist of it is I set all of my case fans to output and ran a (mostly) sealed duct to the CPU's input fan so only external air would get to the CPU. Then I plugged up all the holes and seams in the case that I possibly could. The end result was a "wind tunnel" effect on the CPU duct which made it easier for my fan to move the maximum amount of air. And if my CPU fan stopped for whatever reason the "wind tunnel" would give me extra time by pulling at least some air into the case and over the heatsink. I can think of two times it probably saved me from making a keychain. The full article can be read here.
Cjwinnit said: