- Aug 26, 2000
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OK...my grandmother is about to get a USB printer for christmas...and an upgrade (cause right now she has no USB 
). Now, the thing is, she is getting my old K6-2 350...the one I had to underclock in the summer if I wanted to play Quake2 on it w/o crashing.
The heatsink on it isn't the best in the world, but it is there, secured on the CPU, and with a very thin layer of thermal paste. So...
It is an AT case with NO FANS, except the power supply (wow, huh?). So...I figured...
1) Drill a hole in the back, and cut it out to a circle w/ a nibler, and put a fan there blowing in.
2) flip the fan on the CPU around so it is sucking air off the chip
3) drill and nible out a hole on the side of the case (then grind it so it is a nice pretty hole ), and put a fan there, parallel w/ the CPU, so that hot air is almost garuenteed to be pulled out.
The CPU and soundcard (got a solution for it already, as it used to be mine...old SB16) are going to be basically the only things generating substancial amounts of heat.
The above seems to me like a workable solution. both fans used will be 2.5" or 3" case fans (depending on what is laying around).
). Now, the thing is, she is getting my old K6-2 350...the one I had to underclock in the summer if I wanted to play Quake2 on it w/o crashing.The heatsink on it isn't the best in the world, but it is there, secured on the CPU, and with a very thin layer of thermal paste. So...
It is an AT case with NO FANS, except the power supply (wow, huh?). So...I figured...
1) Drill a hole in the back, and cut it out to a circle w/ a nibler, and put a fan there blowing in.
2) flip the fan on the CPU around so it is sucking air off the chip
3) drill and nible out a hole on the side of the case (then grind it so it is a nice pretty hole
), and put a fan there, parallel w/ the CPU, so that hot air is almost garuenteed to be pulled out.The CPU and soundcard (got a solution for it already, as it used to be mine...old SB16) are going to be basically the only things generating substancial amounts of heat.
The above seems to me like a workable solution. both fans used will be 2.5" or 3" case fans (depending on what is laying around).
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