OK, so to me, putting a window into my case was no big deal. It's not like I've got some heavy electronic equipment sitting right next to my case that's going to radiate some horrible amounts of EMI. But, when you've got things like cold cathode lights and glow-wire inside your case, those inverters they use *do* put out more EMI than I'd like to deal with. The fact of the matter is that these inverters are INSIDE the case, not just near it somewhere. I'm none too crazy about that, but no one ever discusses it on the forums.
It seems rather counterproductive to me. The whole reason cases started out with a metal housing (I say "started" because now we do have acrylic ones for people who don't have anything radiating nearby) was to shield the components inside from any sources of interference in the surrounding area. Nowadays we're placing such sources right *inside* the case?
I've seen some modding sites go so far as to comment that one shouldn't put the inverters on these items near any cables, hard drives, etc., because data corruption might occur. Sorry to say my entire case is pretty much filled with these components. While I know many people out there just toss these items into their cases without thinking, simply because they "look neat", I also know that many of you are more hardcore tech-heads than I am and might have even discussed this before. Any thoughts/responses/questions/suggestions out there? I'm curious to hear what people have to say on this topic.
It seems rather counterproductive to me. The whole reason cases started out with a metal housing (I say "started" because now we do have acrylic ones for people who don't have anything radiating nearby) was to shield the components inside from any sources of interference in the surrounding area. Nowadays we're placing such sources right *inside* the case?
I've seen some modding sites go so far as to comment that one shouldn't put the inverters on these items near any cables, hard drives, etc., because data corruption might occur. Sorry to say my entire case is pretty much filled with these components. While I know many people out there just toss these items into their cases without thinking, simply because they "look neat", I also know that many of you are more hardcore tech-heads than I am and might have even discussed this before. Any thoughts/responses/questions/suggestions out there? I'm curious to hear what people have to say on this topic.
I'm still primarily wondering why people don't really ever touch on the topic, what with all the concerns folks here normally have about their system components (e.g. "My CPU is running at 54C! Is this OK? Will it burn out?"). Are they sure that the level of emission isn't enough to adversely affect anything?
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