My IIfx is fully loaded with cards, and it does run a bit toasty in there.
As it stands, it's got the stock power supply fan (it is a IIfx PSU as well, not a II or IIx one). That needs replacing anyway as it is too loud.
The cards are:
Radius Rocket Stage I
Radius Thunder GT/24
SuperMac Spectrum Series IV/24
Asante Ethernet
Digidesign AudioMedia II
FWB SCSI Jackhammer (not yet installed in there but will be soon)
As most of these cards are long, they do block most of the airflow. It's my understanding that the shorter cards should go closest to the power supply.
The CPU and FPU also get a bit toasty, I'm not massively concerned about them, but perhaps a little heatsink and a fan for the CPU would be good.
Has anyone experimented with cooling a big box Mac? @Phipli I seem to recall you've done some mods to yours?
As it stands, it's got the stock power supply fan (it is a IIfx PSU as well, not a II or IIx one). That needs replacing anyway as it is too loud.
The cards are:
Radius Rocket Stage I
Radius Thunder GT/24
SuperMac Spectrum Series IV/24
Asante Ethernet
Digidesign AudioMedia II
FWB SCSI Jackhammer (not yet installed in there but will be soon)
As most of these cards are long, they do block most of the airflow. It's my understanding that the shorter cards should go closest to the power supply.
The CPU and FPU also get a bit toasty, I'm not massively concerned about them, but perhaps a little heatsink and a fan for the CPU would be good.
Has anyone experimented with cooling a big box Mac? @Phipli I seem to recall you've done some mods to yours?