Peter St. John wrote: > On the subject of Doug's "A Case for Cases" > http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7164 , I had noticed that the Helmer thing > ("bewwulf in an Ikea cabinet") is not really in a wood cabinet (the > steel box can be put inside a cabinet). I'm assuming it's unreasonable > to actually make a wood cabinet? On account of humidy, or just weight? > To me it just sounds easy to build a wooden rack for a bunch of ATX > motherboards. And it could look nice. Thermal and electrical insulation > would be OK, and humidy controlled with a good paint job on the > interior...? >
Wood isn't just heavier, it's also bulkier, since it can't be made as thin as the sheetmetal used to make cases (and still be useful). It's a much better insulator then metal, too. Most high-end gamer cases are now made out of aluminum to take advantage of its superior thermal conductivity properties over steel. -- Prentice _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
