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Quiet Desk (Not Desktop) PC
Anonymous Coward writes "Rusty took a wholly different approach to PC noise: he built his XP1900+ machine right into the desk! While it may not make the PC industry scramble to define a new *desk* (not desktop) form factor, Rusty's inventive techniques will surely have computer hardware enthusiasts poring over his fine work."
Who would want to work on such a hot, shaky piece of wood?
I'm a signature virus. Please copy me to your signature so I can replicate.
...about the desk bursting into flames, people, and why all the "insightful" mods that go along with it?
There's a few pictures mirrored in the posts. If you go look at them you'll see that he has a Zalman heatsink, and a ducted case fan blowing right on it.
Lessee. Last I checked, copper had a favorable heat transfer coeffecient. Fins are a valid way of transmitting heat to air, too.
Passively, a Zalman Flower Heatsink might not stand up to an Athlon XP 1900+, but even with a modicum of air flow, it'll do fine.
-- I'd say your post was about 3 monkeys, 18 minutes.
To the Editors:
(read this, it's important)
I WOULD PAY MONEY to have access to a subscribers-only cache of stories.
Period.
Money,
out of my pocket.
El Karma: excelente(principalmente la suma de moderación hecha a los comentarios de los usuarios)
A good rule I've learned with delicate electronics, through the actions of others while in high school. Always place the computer higher up than the drink is placed. That way, if the drink spills, it won't trickle down into the computer.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?