--- Jaeson Koszarsky <jaesonk@...> wrote:

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>
> Heat should be a concern. My A4000 is roomier than my A1200T in
> terms
> of the cooling airflow around the processor. But could either
> adequately cool a super-heated processor?

regardless of the talk about the cpu power and speed etc going on here
on the list, i'm going to stress upon something i have had quite an
experience with and i really feel i should refer to it in here too:

no matter how effectively an internal cooling system on any computer
case, tower, laptop or whatever works, it'll be almost totally useless
if there is no external cooling system available in the working area or
the room itself just as well! (consider ultra-cold buildings where
huge mainframe computers with powerful fans already built-in are kept
and run, even today in the truly professional arenas.)

that is why i am not personally very much worried about such issues
with 'tight-case' Amigas such as the A3000 etc.

try using a small size (or a big one if really needed!) external fan
(available in most retail stores in various shapes and sizes) somewhere
around the working area where the computer case or tower is situated
and you'll just see the difference in performance, even if the computer
cpu is not a hot one really.

(fan's annoying noise can also be avoided by using a proper model.)

> The G5 macs at the office
> have monster heatsinks to dissipate heat, that wouldn't fit in any
> classic Amiga.
>

even if it fit, i wouldn't be using it on an Amiga!

although i do love and respect Apple hardware designs greatly, Mac G5
boxes are their most terrible mistake ever inspite of the great
performance they truly have.

3/4 of the entire huge box's space is wasted on the cooling system!

nice effort on Apple's behalf to face off the super-hot Wintel bice and
their ridiculous cooling funnels, but no wonder they were discontinued
eventually and Apple had to go Wintelistic after all ...

:)

regards
d