The last desktop/tower I built is a 486, and my current computer is a laptop and I know that can get hot if any amount of dust or "dust bunnies" get into the cooling intake or exhaust grates.
I see so many different case designs, everything short of placing the entire motherboard and power supply on a fan blade placed inside a freezer.
At what point do I need to worry if the case has a side vent, or even a front opening, or a side vent for the gpu/cpu fan? All I will be using is a e5200 dual core, a hard drive (or 2), burner (barely), and a ATI Radeon 4830 or 3850. I am in an environment that can be warmer than room temperature and a little more dustier than normal during the winter.
I see so many different case designs, everything short of placing the entire motherboard and power supply on a fan blade placed inside a freezer.
At what point do I need to worry if the case has a side vent, or even a front opening, or a side vent for the gpu/cpu fan? All I will be using is a e5200 dual core, a hard drive (or 2), burner (barely), and a ATI Radeon 4830 or 3850. I am in an environment that can be warmer than room temperature and a little more dustier than normal during the winter.
