HELP - Case wont support Slot 1's.. BUT I can move the powersupply.

[Valhalla1]

bought a dirt cheap (but sweet black/silver) mini-mid tower atxcase w/ no power supply for a linux box I am building.. well come to find out if you up the atx power supply in theres no way a slot 1 or even a socket with a large hsf would fit. BUT I can fit the power supply in the front bottom of the case, it fits snugly under the 3.5" drive bays and the fan can blow out the front holes, even a convenient place to route the power cord out the back I'll have an enermax ultra-cool fan at the top back for exhaust.. I know heat rises, etc. but I am not overclocking the p2 350 inside, and the hard drive will be in a 5.25 inch bay hard drive cooler with fans

so what do you think? I dont think I will have any problems with heat because of this, how about u?

 

[Insidious]

you might have some problems, the heat generated in your cases is going to want to rise. you will need an awful lot of air movement in the case to prevent hot pocketing up in the top.

 

[Valhalla1]

but then again is it that big a deal? I'm not overclocking anything, the hard drive will be sufficiently cooled, the cpu might get a little warm but its a 350 so i dont really care.. so as long as its not like 200 degrees I should be okay right ?

 

[Echo42]

theoretically you wont have an issue Try it out, you'll find out quickly if its not working. and if its not working, it should just cause system instability, not permanently kill anything

 

[Jhhnn]

I'd try simply reversing the normal flow- bringing fresh air in the back and out the front thru the psu and HDD cooler. It doesn't seem that heat from a vid or other cards will be much of an issue, so there's only the cpu, HDD and PSU to be concerned about. whatever heat generated should rise to the top and be expelled by the HDD cooler, the psu basically takes care of itself.