I simply use an expensive but fan-ridden cooler-master gaming pc chassis - enabled me to install things like disk caddies etc - in fact the chassis is more important if you ask me than The motherboard since I have upgraded mine twice since getting the chassis and then I am about to install water-cooling Sent from my iPhone > On 14 Apr 2015, at 17:53, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 04/13/2015 11:35 PM, Tim wrote: >>> On Mon, 2015-04-13 at 14:45 -1000, Jim Lewis wrote: >>> I agree that on cheap hardware this might be needed, however, I don't >>> think it's the case on good systems. A lot of thought goes into the >>> design of the hardware, so things like overheating don't occur. >> >> Speaking as someone who's done electronics servicing for over 20 years, >> I can't say that I concur with that. Erroneous resumptions get made >> that enough heat dissipation has been accounted for, or cooling is >> supplied to cope with ambient temperatures that are lower than actually >> present, or that the owner will have superseded the equipment before it >> has cooked itself... > > And I have to agree with Tim. As someone who's been in the industry for > over 40 years, cooling is rarely ever given anything but short shrift. > When you start stuffing lots of heat-generating components (GPUs, > multiple CPUs, lots of DIMMs) into chassis that are designed with > aesthetics more in mind than reliability or heat dissapation, you're > "cruisin' for a bruisin'." > > I stagger cards in my chassis when possible. I also run oversized power > supplies and add additional cooling fans if I can fit them in. I've > also been known to use the smoke from fireworks punks to look at the > airflow inside a chassis and put in baffling to make the air go where I > think it ought to. > > I also manage several data centers and even with "industrial-quality" > machines (rackmount servers from Dell, HP and IBM), cooling is ALWAYS > an issue. I try to keep a 1U spacing between machines if I can, and if > not I try to keep the "hotter" machines near the tops of the racks to > minimize convection heat soak. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - "The bogosity meter just pegged." - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
