"fans seems to work fine" & "It's not enough that they spin"...

[J.Witvliet at mindef.nl]

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Joe Zeff
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 8:31 PM
To: Community support for Fedora users
Subject: Re: "fans seems to work fine" & "It's not enough that they spin"...

On 09/26/2011 03:28 AM, Tim wrote:
> But it's not just*a*  fan, you have PSU fans, CPU fans, and sometimes a
> case fan.  A box with one large fan ducted to all the other heatsinks
> makes things a lot quieter, and more reliable.

I don't know about anybody else on this list, but that suggestion makes 
the words "single point of failure" come to mind.
-----Original Message-----

I think (..) he meant, a larger fan produces less noise than a smaller one, and one larger fan produces more air-flow than several smaller ones.

But heat should be tackled multiple ways:
A) produce less (cpu, gpu, disk)
b) internal disposure (alu-case instead of iron, ducts for air)
c) environmental conditions (cooler room)

hw

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