From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 18:51:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C8916A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:51:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ECAB43D39 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:51:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BXlhQ-000Kit-Hv; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:51:52 +0100 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i58Ipquf071379; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:51:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.10/8.12.6/Submit) id i58Ipp8j071378; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:51:51 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:51:51 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Joe Altman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040608185151.GD70798@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040608184216.GA4231@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040608184216.GA4231@panix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1BXlhQ-000Kit-Hv*edHTYHqJ0e.* Subject: Re: Leaving a server on all day X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 18:52:00 -0000 On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 02:42:16PM -0400, Joe Altman wrote: : Take the side off of your case, turn the open side toward the wall, Why against the wall? So nothing damages it? : with some space between it and the wall. Especially during the summer. My setup has a fan in the back, and also one on the side. Is that close enough? : I don't put my box on the floor, if you were wondering. I have an Mine is in the CPU slot of a tiny computer desk. : Athlon 1.2, a Plextor CD/RW, and multiple drives in the 7200 rpm That reminds me: is a CD/RW a feasible data backup device? I've never used mine. : range; and of course a gpu, and the psu, and the sound card...they all : generate heat. The kicker: I'm on the top floor of my building in a : treeless area. I'd rather the heat spill out the side, than have it I feel your pain. I'm third floor in an old house with no A/C. jm -- My other computer is your windows box.