Carlos Alberto Alves
caa at highway.com.br
Wed Feb 5 17:29:16 CST 2003
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:18:17 -0600, Brett Barabash <BBarabash at TappeConstruction.com> wrote: > On the same note, I have some cooling concerns of my own. I recently > upgraded to an Athlon XP 2100+, and it heats up pretty good under high > processor loads. The case has room for a fan on the front, but not the > back, so the power supply is the only thing exhausting hot air from the > back > of the case where the CPU resides (bad!). > > I ordered a turbine exhaust fan that mounts in a PCI slot, which will be > located next to my processor. I've heard good things about these fans, > particularly for cooling video cards, but I don't know if it will make a > difference with my CPU. Any other suggestions for cooling without a) > water > pipes or heat tubes, or b) hacking open the side of my case to mount a > fan > would be greatly appreciated. Take a look at Volcano 9 Cooler. Don't be scared by its weight and size!!! ;-) -- ****************************** * Carlos Alberto Alves * * Child Neurologist * * Systems Analyst/Programmer * * Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * * mailto:caa at highway.com.br * ******************************