Hi Matt!

 MM> Now that CPUs are up to several GHz, it's more important than ever to 
 MM> get the hot air OUT of the case, and that hot air is naturally at the 
 MM> top.
Yep. I recently had to buy a new power supply (the fan in the old one died
and the power supply began to smell real bad) and went for a more expensive
one with extra-quiet fans and 3 years warranty. I actually has two fans.
One situated in the bottom of the PS, sucking air from the CPU area into
the power supply, and another in the back blowing the hot air out of the
power supply.

Works well. The fans are temperature-regulated and only turn rather slowly
during normal use (one can barely feel the air flow coming out), but CPU
temperature is the same as with the old power supply.

Now the power supply is quiet, but the CPU fan still stands out. ;)

Ciao
Pascal

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