More ventilation

[bobmonster]

I think The bloody Dell box is not designed for airflow. Bought a fan, and ended up removing all the extra expansion slot inserts and putting an inflow fan in place of that lot. It runs about 3 deg cooler (42 instead of 45). There was no way to get a fan in the front. I may need to do some remodeling a la this. Any suggestions

Comments

[alien8]

3.5" floppy is no-go on an IDE interface.

fan wise, use dremel and drill to affix a fan to the front at the bottom of the case. IMHO don't buy a Dell again, you get what you pay for..

DVD drive - parts inside might be useful for replacing the wheels and bits inside other consumer devices that tend to disintegrate - audio CD players etc have normal drives inside but (again IME) the ejection mechanism wheel can strip itself... DAHIK.

[fross]

I still have a case going if you want it. Actually, two. One's a full tower, standard thing, the other is a mid-tower - though I was having cooling issues with that myself.

Not sure if the dell motherboard will fit in it simply but it's worth a try. Easier than trying to hack your way through the Dell case.

And I wouldn't bother with a floppy drive, do you honestly use one? You can boot off a usb drive pretending to be a floppy if you need to.

[bobmonster]

Dell are notorious for odd-sized motherboards. I think hacking is a slightly more likely option for me.

I'm just glad I chose to not get the 5.25" disk drive. I'm terrible about keeping old shite around.