Veltilating an older case.

[Robert Morgan]

Hi!

I have two old IBM Apti

[Donny_Chen]

Soo whats your question?

[Robert Morgan]

Sorry, the kitten walked on the keyboard and, well, did what kittens do - press the wrong keys at the wrongs moments! He even turned me into airplane mode for the umpteenth time!

 

He's lucky he's cute!

 

Anyway, I have two old IBM Aptiva cases, ATX I think, and I'd eventually like to use one as the basis for a midrange new-retro gaming build. You know, scoop out all of the older parts and replace them with modern goodies, making it look ancient on the outside, right down to the original sticker for that Pentium 166, but be slick, fast and modern on the inside. One is the original cool looking case with the sliding front panel, the other the basic case that IBM went to later. My question is, would drilling additional ventilation holes for air cooling be wise? If so, where? Or, would modern fans and such be able to dissipate the heat enough? I wouldn't be putting a supernova heat producing monster Core I9 in there, probably something in the mid Ryzen range or just perhaps an Athlon X4 and decent video card if bargain pricing outweighs performance. 

 

Thanks!

 

Bob

[Loot]

drill holes or cut venting where needed

[Donny_Chen]

You should be okay with stock vents granted you're using really good fans (crazy RPM ones that can chop off a finger if you're not going to use that many of them).  Kind of really depends on your internals though. Just make sure that air is passing by your hottest parts. 

[Robert Morgan]

Thanks. Yeah, an A-Series or Athlon X4 shouldn't put out intense amounts of heat, so I think (hoping, praying) I'll be okay with extra fans and perhaps some grates at the card sides for extra ventilation. I've seen screened grates that go where the floppy and CD drive front bezels go to allow more air and may go that route, too.