QMicra from PC Design Lab: SFF Super-sized

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Post by Gorsnak » Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:38 pm

Steeeeve wrote:...and finally you would need to clean your case out often as you pretty much created a vacuum cleaner.
This isn't really the case. I have a completely open bottom intake, no filter at all, and after not touching my case for almost a year I had some dust inside, but not enough to be causing any problems. And I'm a horrible housekeeper, so it's not like the thing is in a dust-free environment. I daresay any case regardless of intake position or filters would have some dust in it after a year. A much bigger issue imo is that in a cluttered environment things could get piled around the base of the computer, starving it for fresh air. In a one-off case like mine, that's not a big deal, because I can just be smart enough not to clutter there, but a manufacturer has to think about things like that.

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Post by Steeeeve » Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:14 pm

Perhaps, you gotta think about a lot of things....what if it is on really think carpet? I don't now how it will perform but its a novel idea for SFF (assuming you use the bigger cases like Qmicra and Micro Fly). I have both the Micro Fly and Qmicra out right now and I am looking at them to see if front 80mm placement would require foot replacement....it seems like the Micro Fly does and Qmicra doesn't.

Any ideas on how I should do a test?

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Post by HammerSandwich » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:13 pm

Steeeeve wrote:All of this just so you could possibly make the case quieter.
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Post by Steeeeve » Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:37 am

obviously :p but would it be worth it is the question! You could make a case 100% silent by getting rid of all the fans...just don't look for it to be up long

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