[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: OT: New Hardware Question -- case options (flipped ATX)

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 07:47, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> If you compare to the P4, Athlon series are _cooler_.  Most people are
> still thinking Athlon v. P3.  It all has to do with the generations.
> The PPro (P3) core was never designed to scale more than 1GHz.
> The Athlon (it's the same 32/64) core was designed to scale 0.5-3GHz.
> The P4 core was designed to scale 1.5+GHz (currently 3.8GHz and holding)

I have gone to the "flipped ATX" case designs that put the CPUs lowest,
and the AGP/PCI/PCIe cards "facing upward."

Such cases include the all aluminum Lian Li PC-V1000 (ATX) and PC-V1200
(EATX, I personally own) as well cheaper, aluminum front-only (steel
elsewhere) SilverStone Tek TJ-06.

The Lian Li cools HDs better and is lighter, but the TJ-06 has a 120mm
in to 120mm out "wind tunnel" for the CPU.  Both are _much_better_ than
traditional ATX cases where the CPU is "high" and the AGP/PCI/PCIe cards
"face downward" (trapping heat).

That's why you're starting to see these video cards with the "heat pipe"
to the "back" where the fan blows "upward" in a traditional ATX case.



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Bryan J. Smith                                    b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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