Best case for hot Pentium 4

[GerryPers]

(Some) Pentium 4 processors tend to get very hot.

Which is the best case for cooling them?

I read somewhere that Intel recommends a case with a side panel fan
blowing room temperature air, via a tube, directly to the CPU.

Is that the way to go? Does anyone have any experience with such a case?

I've only seen one such case: Antec SLK2650-BQE.

Are there other models?

If this "tube solution" is not that great, which case is the best?

 

[danielbb]

It worked well for me, i drilled a hole myself, but wasnt happy so i added a tube, it was alot more efficient with a tube than without.

 

[GerryPers]

That's very interesting.

It would be great to know how you made that tube (which material did you use and so on).

 

[chuckshissle]

Some make the tube from plastic or aluminum sheet but I bought mine and all I did was drilled the hole. It took me about 45 minutes to punch a hole on the side of my case and install the funnel/tube.

This is what I have.

http://aspireusa.net/product.php?pid=173&xcSID=53220c05c02a35bca935c54050c6e080

It helps a lot, I use two of this. One for the cpu and the other for the chipset and ram.

 

[fainis]

well .. intel recomends a special design case with an intel air TAC sistem .. it is indeed a tube that allows air to get inside the case near the cpu cooler but also the air has to be released out of the case ...
i have experienced different situations in which the hot ait got stucked inside because of the cables and other expansion cards and the result was a hot sistem...well is up to you folks to figure a way to release that hot air out of the case

 

[TunaSoda]

My P4 enjoyes my Antec P-180 case

 

[GerryPers]

Thanks for the address!

(http://aspireusa.net/product.php?pid=173&xcSID=53220c05c02a35bca93...4050c6e)