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On 8/10/2011 10:02 AM PT, SteveH typed:

>>> So in short, pick a case with the largest fans you can in
>>> the bottom front and mid-top rear and make sure those have
>>> unobstructed grills.  Add fans to side panels if the
>>> measured component temps are too high.
>>
>> This is an interesting and useful discussion but seems to me, it
>> misses a central point.  Whatever is this user doing, working or
>> gaming in a 90 F environment?  Maybe the need here is not a better
>> cooled box but a better cooled place for the box and user.  Wall off
>> somehow a small space in a larger room, and cool that?
>>
>> Titeotwawki -- Martha Adams    [2011 Aug 09]
>
> But you've answered a post from 5 years ago.

Very nice to see people following to my very old newsgroup thread. 
[grin] I am still using Antec P108 case with Intel quad core systems. 
And yes, my room is warm/almost hot even right now (almost 85F degrees). 
I don't play computer games these days though. :)
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