On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 07:51:51PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:42:16PM -0400, Joe Altman wrote: > : Take the side off of your case, turn the open side toward the wall, > > Why against the wall? So nothing damages it?
Yes; spills, flying objects, whatever. Most importantly, it's not on the floor, and securely on my desk. I deal w/ the noise by keeping the fan on my Enermax low; it has an adjustable spin rate via a knob on the back. Drives are noisy, with no way around that problem. > : with some space between it and the wall. Especially during the summer. > > My setup has a fan in the back, and also one on the side. Is that close > enough? It's one way to do it. Whether or not it's enough is up to you. > : I don't put my box on the floor, if you were wondering. I have an > > Mine is in the CPU slot of a tiny computer desk. Well, the thing for me is to keep the side open, so the heat spills out. > : Athlon 1.2, a Plextor CD/RW, and multiple drives in the 7200 rpm > > That reminds me: is a CD/RW a feasible data backup device? I've never used > mine. For me, yes it is. Tapes are, or were, too expensive. The CD/RW I purchased was, two years ago, about the same price as current DVD/RW drives. I'd go with a DVD nowadays; pay a little more, but have Gigs of backup space rather than Megs of storage. > : range; and of course a gpu, and the psu, and the sound card...they all > : generate heat. The kicker: I'm on the top floor of my building in a > : treeless area. I'd rather the heat spill out the side, than have it > > I feel your pain. I'm third floor in an old house with no A/C. No A/C? Sheesh. Oh, BTW: if it's an old house, do yourself a favor: purchase a UPS. There is a webpage somewhere that lists models of UPS units supported by FreeBSD...I forget where. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
