Comment Heat Factor (Score 1) 278
I personally don't give a rat's ass about how he parents "his kid."
For all the people talking about stuffing a PC into a pelican case, [or whatever] it sounds to me like some of you are saying to use the machine while it's still in the case. I see HUGE problem with this. IF this "kid" need a machine powerful enough to play today's 3d-rich games, that machine will be producing a crapload of heat! If the machine is inside the sealed environment of a plastic case, how is said heat going to escape? I'd say he'd get about 30 minutes or less of playing time before the machine has baked itself to death. Or simply won't run anymore because the temp sensors on the MB will shut itself off. [I wouldn't go disabling them for this application.]
Frankly, This idea is just stupid. If you MUST have your gaming fix, take a bunch of quarters and find an arcade or something. If on the other hand, he needs to do actual WORK [word processing or something for school, BUY A LAPTOP! THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR!]
-Mike
For all the people talking about stuffing a PC into a pelican case, [or whatever] it sounds to me like some of you are saying to use the machine while it's still in the case. I see HUGE problem with this. IF this "kid" need a machine powerful enough to play today's 3d-rich games, that machine will be producing a crapload of heat! If the machine is inside the sealed environment of a plastic case, how is said heat going to escape? I'd say he'd get about 30 minutes or less of playing time before the machine has baked itself to death. Or simply won't run anymore because the temp sensors on the MB will shut itself off. [I wouldn't go disabling them for this application.]
Frankly, This idea is just stupid. If you MUST have your gaming fix, take a bunch of quarters and find an arcade or something. If on the other hand, he needs to do actual WORK [word processing or something for school, BUY A LAPTOP! THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR!]
-Mike
