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mouser
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Ya know... as a 'puter nerd with experience running big hardware over very large time frames.... I'd offer one suggestion regarding the heat sinks. Try to find a way to make them easily cleanable. If you use compressed air, you'll bump out tons of dirt over your babies. They collect a lot of dust and grime in a non-sterile environment and the dust effects air flow over the fins causing less contact... thus less cooling. You'd be shocked at the difference it makes. In CPUs, it will lower their lives quite dramatically.
Diggin the open frame design. You could go with an enclosed design and maybe use less fans and incorporate a large bore filter.... but the frame design has simplicity as a benefit. Plus it looks cool.
Thanks for the suggestions
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