der8auer tests PC chimney effect, dropping CPU temps by 19°C with a 110cm 3D-printed tower - TechSpot

Building one meant understanding what a chimney actually does, which isn't quite what the forum posts assume. Hot air rising is just convection, and it happens around...

Crystal ball: Some pieces of PC building advice have circulated so long that nobody bothers checking them anymore. One is the chimney effect: the claim that a case works like a flue, and that pointin…