[quote="Simo Häyhä":5e297]joe, i hear the dumbest thing you can do is open your case to your computer..never open your case to your computer, that will make your fan work harder, and thus make your computer even hotter[/quote:5e297]

Nope, not true. Its all about air flow and if you have a big table fan blowing on your open pc, you have plenty of airflow. My pc runs about 8 C cooler with the cse open. The real problem is dust and other garbage. I run my processor slower (but still overclocked) so I can keep it closed and quiet.

Joe - I saw those ac coolers for around $650. Watercooling, done properly, runs about $300, but that is cpu, gpu and ram all hooked up to the cooling system.

[quote="Simo Häyhä":8056a]my network admin[/quote:8056a]

Well hes a oOo: . Pc fans spin at the one speed, they don;t adjust themselves to spin faster if they detect the case is open. Normally they spin around 2000-5000 rpm.

[quote="Simo Häyhä":fd27a]joe, i hear the dumbest thing you can do is open your case to your computer..never open your case to your computer, that will make your fan work harder, and thus make your computer even hotter[/quote:fd27a]

Nope, not true. Its all about air flow and if you have a big table fan blowing on your open pc, you have plenty of airflow. My pc runs about 8 C cooler with the case open. The real problem is dust and other garbage. I run my processor slower (but still overclocked) so I can keep it closed and quiet.

In the long run, open case may lead to sever dust build up in the heat sinks, and that would lead to less cooling, but a good cleaning would fix that.

Joe - I saw those ac coolers for around $650. Watercooling, done properly, runs about $300, but that is cpu, gpu and ram all hooked up to the cooling system.

[quote="Simo Häyhä":f64ad]my network admin[/quote:f64ad]

Depends. On server machines, yes. On home PC's, no. Most home PC's do not have automatic fan-speed adjustment, unless whomever has the PC downloaded a proggie for the motherboard called a fan speed regulator. You can also do this with a peice of hardware & turn knobs, but most PC's do not come with this easier.

There's nothing wrong with opening a PC case and running a fan on it, I've done it numerous times. Just don't pull any parts out! biggrin:

[quote="Simo Häyhä":64a70]my network admin[/quote:64a70]

Well hes a oOo: . Pc fans spin at the one speed, they don;t adjust themselves to spin faster if they detect the case is open. Normally they spin around 2000-5000 rpm.

[quote="Bazooka_Joe":353b3]
There's nothing wrong with opening a PC case and running a fan on it, I've done it numerous times. Just don't pull any parts out! biggrin:[/quote:353b3]

Having a pc that has to run case open is kind of like having a house with wheels. :P

My case fans speeds can be adjusted by a knob. I can also replace the knob with a thermal sensor that will increase/decrease teh speed based on the temp. I prefer the knobs as I dont think the thermal sensors do a good job.

If you plan to Overclock, you need a mobo that can tell you your cpu and case temps. Knowing your fan speeds is nice too.