On 9 September 2010 at 10:39, "Kjetil S. Matheussen" <k.s.matheussen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Design a case like a chimney and let the hot air rise on it's own. ;-) > > > > ... and avoid putting the hottest things at the bottom where they > > raise the heat of all the rest of the things in the case above them. > > > > I would rephrase that to avoid putting things which are sensitive > to heat at the top, and avoiding putting things which are hot > close to things which are sensitive to heat. > > Normally you only have to worry about the temperature of the CPU > the PSU. The other stuff inside an audio-computer > usually works fine in higher temperature without making > lots of noise or failing. (at least to a certain degree of corse). My seemingly hidden point was that when the hot stuff is at the top, and the air exit is at the top, then the whole case will run cooler. A cooler case means the fans can run more slowly. Slower fans mean a quieter system, and that is good for audio work when the system is in the room where audio is created or enjoyed. Cheerio... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
