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Old 10-06-2006, 02:38 PM
Al Dykes
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Default Re: turbulent flow not bad for cooling

In article <29OdnVfJ4a3GVrnYnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@comcast.com>,
Timothy Daniels <TDaniels@NoSpamDot.com> wrote:
>Some people believe religiously in smooth laminar flow

.....

>
>In short, the goal of PC component cooling is not to just get the
>largest volume of air into and out of the case per unit time, it's
>to get the largest volume of air IN CONTACT WITH THE HEATED
>PARTS per unit time, the turbulent flow in the vicinity of those
>parts, regardless of how that turbulence is generated, is more
>important.
>
>*TimDaniels*



Not *you* again.

You are picking *one* aspect of the many that affectthe cooling parts
in a box. You also freely jump between the macro and micro effects.
What is optimal in one is occasionally sub-optimal in the other.

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