-> TW> I do in effect the same thing with Two of my Computers.
-> TW> Except I leade the Side Cofer off. :-) 

-> I was told some time ago that leaving the side cover off does
-> not allow the fan(s) to pull the air across the drives and
-> other heated parts of the machine as it was intened to do when
-> the case is closed. I therefore pull the cables out the back
-> where I can easilly manipulate them. :-) 

 It does seriously disturbe the Cooling Air Flow but IF you don't havew
a Case jammed FULL there is little to worry about. In botyh it is a Full
Tower machine with lots of room for Convection cooling. And the Hard
Drives are Not installed adjacent ot each other so the Lower one
dosen't heat up the one above it.
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