-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Wednesday 2006-10-18 at 14:39 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
The correct airflow is spoiled (air loops and no flow in certain areas).
I've heard that before and it's perhaps true in principal and in general, but I've never been able to see a difference in the temperatures read by the sensors for those components that have them depending on whether the cabinet is open or not.
It depends on the design, of course. The temperature on some points increase when covered, that's true, but it should get lower in some others (for instance, the drive bays), and within designed limits on all.
The sound output is changed, though I'm not sure it's louder with the side panel off (it could be quieter if the load on the fans is reduced or louder if more fan noise is allowed to escape).
Depends a lot. For example, in mine, the noise from the cpu fan, more acute than the rest, is softened by the cover. Overall, I get less noise. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFNr3HtTMYHG2NR9URAmeVAJ47Q7qBNU3FgeIzGDVAzBnGx9DUiQCdGb6A eTIRFcbOhL7/Koa8OYXOvOE= =bLEZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----