Apollo 040 Amiga 1200 tower

[lassie]

Hello
Do you know if i should have a fan for my apollo 040 when it is in a tower? Or is it ok without fan.

[jj]

It can never hurt to have a fan on an 040 they get pretty hot, but even the desktop accelerators for the A1200 didn't have, and there was no air flow there.

Should be fine in a tower without one.

[lassie]

It can never hurt to have a fan on an 040 they get pretty hot, but even the desktop accelerators for the A1200 didn't have, and there was no air flow there.

Should be fine in a tower without one.

Thanks for answer :-) Many just told me it would crash and burn out. But it try to use it without fan.

[roomeo]

It depends on the 040 revision. Some get hot, some dont..

A fan dont hurt, but you wont destroy your cpu without one.

[Lord Aga]

Is there a good reason why one wouldn't put a silent fan inside a case to at least blow over the hottest spot  ?

[save2600]

Is there a good reason why one wouldn't put a silent fan inside a case to at least blow over the hottest spot  ?

Fans in computers are used to suck hot air out of the case and allow proper airflow in one way and out the other. If you stick a fan in there to blow on to your components, it'll surely keep things cool, but you're also exponentially adding and trapping dust all over the place. Worse than what already happens in a normal config. I've had configs where I did just that though and is fine so long as you maintain your system. I.e.: open it up and vacuum the dust out regularly. Wouldn't use a can of air spray without a vacuum hose either though. Unless you're fine with blowing dust from one place to another, like your lungs or other parts of the room and computer.  

[Lord Aga]

Wow, that completely obliterated my point. Boy do I feel like a dummy now.

[klx300r]

Fans in computers are used to suck hot air out of the case and allow proper airflow in one way and out the other. If you stick a fan in there to blow on to your components, it'll surely keep things cool, but you're also exponentially adding and trapping dust all over the place. Worse than what already happens in a normal config. I've had configs where I did just that though and is fine so long as you maintain your system. I.e.: open it up and vacuum the dust out regularly. Wouldn't use a can of air spray without a vacuum hose either though. Unless you're fine with blowing dust from one place to another, like your lungs or other parts of the room and computer.  

I'm pretty sure a small fan right above a CPU won't make any difference on case air flow.  The issue I've personally seen that causes havoc with case air flow is when the case fan is sucking air in and out and another (or more) large separate case fans are doing the opposite!

Rule of thumb: make sure your fans are sucking and blowing the same direction (& no I'm not referring to rock band groupies)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I would never run a system without heatsinks and fans all over the place. Heat = death, and it's not exactly like our systems are getting any younger, or being made any more, you know?

[lassie]

Hmm what to do, what if i just use max 2 hours at the time until i can see if i can get a fan?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hmm what to do, what if i just use max 2 hours at the time until i can see if i can get a fan?

You've got like, 20 computers in your signature.  Just borrow a fan out of another system if you don't already have one handy.  :laughing:

[lassie]

You've got like, 20 computers in your signature.  Just borrow a fan out of another system if you don't already have one handy.  :laughing:

There is only fan in the 4000 and 2000, and those are some big fans, don't think it will fit in this one :-)

[Lord Aga]

Allow me to answer that, for I have seen the light now !

Fans are bad for everyone, mkay? Instead, we should put red-hot soldering irons on our CPUs. Those will, pay attention now, burn the floating dust inside the case. So less dust. Which is all that matters. The CPU wont mind, he's a tough little bugger.

Problem solved.

[paul1981]

Technically you don't need a fan, but the choice is yours. If it was my CPU, I wouldn't be happy unless there was a heat sink or fan on there. I'd say that any 'sensible' Amiga owner would use one or the other.

[lassie]

Technically you don't need a fan, but the choice is yours. If it was my CPU, I wouldn't be happy unless there was a heat sink or fan on there. I'd say that any 'sensible' Amiga owner would use one or the other.

Hi
Do you have a link for a heat sink, i might use for it?