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First post, by AppleSauce

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Hey does anyone know if having a single intake fan and using the psu as the exhaust is okay for a fully loaded Pentium 233 mx build?
I've got a old nice case I want to use but I'm a bit concerned about the cooling.

The current case has more cooling options but the replacement one is more spacious and looks better but cant be easily modded for more fans so I'm not sure weather to go through with the migration.

Also ignore the slot 1 mobo , that was just me doing a test mount.

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That's my current setup:

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This is a better overview of the replacement case:

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Reply 1 of 4, by Gustl

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goes on the heatsink that goes on the CPU

Reply 2 of 4, by Shponglefan

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It will be fine. Pentium systems don't put out that much heat. And there's loads of space so ample space for airflow and natural convection.

I have a Pentium Pro 200 setup without any case fans. It's a much more power hungry CPU than a Pentium MMX, but it's fine even with no case fan.

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Reply 3 of 4, by AppleSauce

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Shponglefan wrote on 2024-01-19, 11:49:

It will be fine. Pentium systems don't put out that much heat. And there's loads of space so ample space for airflow and natural convection.

I have a Pentium Pro 200 setup without any case fans. It's a much more power hungry CPU than a Pentium MMX, but it's fine even with no case fan.

Sweet thanks for letting me know , I've been wanting to swap my case for a while.

Reply 4 of 4, by Minutemanqvs

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If you are really concerned there are also fans going in a card-slot for extraxtion: https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32801157180.html
But as others said, one fan in the front with cables that are not too much in the way will do perfectly fine.

Searching anything Nexgen, PM me if you have one. Also ATI Rage 128 PCI cards.

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