[luau] Underclocking

[Joel]

If you want to be *really* serious about increasing your airflow, you may need 
to modify your case, as described at http://www.2cooltek.com/case001.html.

;-)

--Joel

> You don't mention if you intend to still have case fans or not.
> Remember, your CPU isn't the only source of heat, and good airflow is
> important (CPU will produce heat even if it doesn't need it's own fan
> and that heat needs to go somewhere).  You also need to take into
> account the heat produced the GPU, HDD, PSU, CD-ROM, CD-RW (these can
> make more heat than you'd expect), etc.  Remember, with really good
> airflow (think fan ducting), it is possible to even run a semi-recent
> chip at full speed using just a heatsink (see Compaq, IBM, HP, Gateway,
> etc).  I've seen numerous Pentium IIs and some Pentium IIIs running with
> just a heatsink and using fan ducting to blow air across it.
>
> When considering airflow, remember that you can considerably improve it
> by rerouting cables behind drive cages (45 degree folds will get 90
> degree angles in your ribbon cables.  You can also use round cables.
> You might also consider using pieces of cardboard to create different
> "airflow zones."  For example, you might have the 5.25" bays and PSU
> completely separated from the bottom part, especially if your PSU blows
> hot air inward (as reccomended by the ATX spec) rather than outward
> (what most PSUs do in white boxes).  Also remember that air MOVEMENT is
> not the objective, but rather air FLOW.