Urban Nightmare wrote: >Hello everyone. > >I got this case >(http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15728) a while back >and I've been dealing with the heat ever since. I should also mention >that mine is old enough that it didn't have the side fan by the HD's and >no holes on top above the CPU. I'm running a Gigabyte MB (IDE/IDE >raid/SATA raid), dual ddr, dual bios) with a Athlon 2500+ and 512Megs >ram. Also in the case is a 6 gig root ide, 250 Gig /var/video, and 120 >gig /var/video/media. I've replaced the back fan with one that has >twice the air movement. I've drilled a few holes above the CPU fan but >I just can't seem to keep the heat below 80C with the top on when >watching and recording at the same time (two capture cards). > >Just wondering if anyone else has this case and how do you keep this >thing cool. > > I've got the old case too with a Nova-T and a PVR-250 in it. I've undervolted and underclocked my CPU and changed the rear fan to a better one.
The internal and CPU temps are both about 45C, even under load. I'd like to get the HDDs cooler but I don't think it's possible with this case. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
