need help

Originally posted by hondaman-iac
hmm i think the case was designed for that, to deal with the adding of new cards and hardrives, so i really don't see it as a major issue. i've been using my presario for 4 years now with new cards and hdd's and i never had any problems with the cooling.

That's true, but some cases are designed better than others. And there's a lot of things that cooling problems can cause that the average user will just blame on MS.

Windows can crash, you can get graphic glitches in games, hard drives sectors start going bad, dropped net connection, etc etc etc. All can be caused by heat issues that you may never know about.

My main concern for heat is the HD. And some of the cases I've checked out aren't designed well to properly cool a 7200 or higher RPM drive. Sure the drive will work for a while, but it's much more likely to fail after 2, 3 years etc. than it would be if it were cooled better throughout its lifetime.

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