[nzlug] Fans?!?

[cr]

On Wednesday 28 February 2007 08:32, Vik Olliver wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 04:45 +1300, Nevyn wrote:
> > Unfortunately the fileserver is in my room, and a 12cm fan is just way
> > too noisy.
>
> There is the ultimate bodge: The use of a desk fan, fixed to a hole cut
> in the case with a chassis nibbler...
>
> Vik :v)

Or, of course, you can (specially if it's a tower case) just leave the side 
panels off completely, thus giving heaps of gentle flow-through ventilation 
for your drives, and allowing a nice view of the motherboard (some of these 
things are almost works of industrial art, which is better than I can say for 
the stylists' ghastly efforts on many cases :)    It also facilitates 
fiddling with boards and stuff....   

I've just felt my drives and they're barely warm to the touch.

The CPU fan makes a bit of noise, of course.

Umm, my tower case lives on a high shelf, which means it's fairly safe from 
being accidentally kicked.    It might not be quite such a good idea for 
floor-mounted tower cases   ;)

cr