Re: Do you think case volume affects cooling?

Lee M. wrote:

So my question is: is it the larger volume, the side panel vents or the
combination that results in the dramatic reduction in both CPU and case
temps?

No.

In air cooling, what makes more efficient cooling is more efficient
movement of air over/ across/ thru'/ in-out to dissipate the heat by
carrying it away in heated air from what needs to be cooled to somewhere
else.

A well designed 'closed' directional case airflow will be more efficient
at cooling than a poorly designed open case situation. A spinning case
fan 'over yonder' or another one 'over yonder' which isn't contributing to
any useful directional airflow in an open case which has no airflow
configuration isn't going to be doing any good except both of them making
noise.

--
Mike Easter

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