[luau] Underclocking

[Dean Fujioka]

Heheheheheheheh I've thought about doing that a few times, but to 
ventilate my own heat, not the CPU's :-D
dean

Joel wrote:

>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.
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>;-)
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>--Joel
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>>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.
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>>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.
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