[Balinus]

nice setup you got there balinus. im currently waiting for my wesena/streacom fc8.

Thanks! Tell us how it goes with the fc8! Which CPU will you get?

I know that this is balinus thread discussing wesena itx7. but i mistakenly talks about fanless wesena fc8.

i do believe wesena itx7 aluminium chassis plays little role in heat dissipation since there is no direct contact between the cpu and alluminium chassis.

take for example, installing cpu and hsf without thermal paste will result in overheating cpu. the distance between the cpu and hsf is less than 1mm. imagine the a situation where the distance between the cpu(hsf) and the alluminium chassis is couple cm.

the alluminium chassis is for show actually. thermal dissipation technology is wayyy more complex that just alluminium chassis.

Yes indeed, the air between the HSF and the case is not a good heat conductor. nonethelesss, there's still an unknown % of heat that is dissipated by the case. I admit that I'd be surprised if it is more than 5-10%. Most of the heat is evacuated by the case fan.