[luau] Underclocking / Aluminum cases

[Joe Linux]

A properly designed case as far as heat release is concerned would have 
to have louvers for vents in the top of the case.  The fans would have 
to take cooler air in from the bottom and exhaust it out the top.  But 
again as for Wayne's issue, it would be best to have an open case and a 
huge static heat sink on the processor.  Actually if processors were 
made bigger with more surface area for the heat sink then it might be 
possible to more easily eliminate the
fan.  One big disadvantages of electric fans is that they themselves 
create heat.

Yuser wrote:

>
>I agree with this in theory but I have not seen it in real life.  I have
>two computers with MB/CPU temperature monitors.  Both temperatures run
>roughly 10F cooler on both computers with the case off.  Maybe these are
>not well designed cases but I have not seen generic ATX or AT designs that
>were really any different elsewhere.  Proprietary cases on mass produced
>PC's do seem to have some flow characteristics designed into them but they
>usually include some type of ducting to get it done.
>