[OFB Cafe] clean air

Fred A. Miller fmiller at lightlink.com
Sun Jan 27 19:41:14 CST 2008


dep wrote:
> said Timothy Butler:
> 
> | 	Never thought about such a thing... presumably, wouldn't you need a
> | case that was well sealed every place other than where the filter
> | was? Perhaps one of those refrigerated cases? Personally, I just haul
> | my computer outside and spray it with compressed air once a year or so.
> 
> the new machine is in a case approximately the size and shape of a toaster 
> oven, with a couple of *big* fans on the back and vent holes, ala a 
> tube-type shortwave radio, on the sides near the front. i'm thinking that 
> some filtration over these, while not perfect, would substantially lower 
> the amount of dust that gets inside.
> 
> kinda cool in one respect (that has nothing to do with case and only a 
> little to do with airflow): the motherboard and chip both came with 
> overclocking instructions. which i haven't done, but it does suggest to me 
> that the chip and board are pretty robust.

Be very carefull over-clocking as MOST often it will shorten the life of 
the processor.

Fred

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