How clean is your interior?
- Thread starter Michael
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Thanks man
You see the front duct, the blue one, with the green 80mm fan on the front of the case?
Well, It's like this at the moment:
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CPU ___________ Fan & front of case
Would it be better like this? :
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CPU Fan ________ Front of case
What Pic is this fan in? Generally, closer to the front of the case is better, as there is greater opportunity to bring in cool fresh air and less chance to bring in recirculated warm air. Computer cases are like car engine; CAI = good.
What I think you're saying is this: Right now you have CPU>Duct>Fan>Front of case, correct? And you want to try CPU>Fan>Duct>Front of case...yes? Either/or would work in that scenario, really. If you have the means and/or space, you can have CPU>Fan>Duct>Fan>Front of case for a ram air effect. Good only for about 1-2*C, but if every little bit helps, then worth it. No biggie though - don't stress out over it.
Can you open up your side panel and grab a pic?
Yep would work nicley, but noisy tho
epidemik
Active Member
What? Please explain.
Are you talking about his mod in the front or the fans on the side of the case?
imsati, Yeah, that's right
I have room for another fan on the end, so I could do it...
Here's some pics
You can see some of the blue duct
Yeah, I can live with the noise, screw the silent PC thing
I thought that "stacking" fans was bad?
Given your CPU heatsink fan, I'd say just leave as-is, as you already have a semi ram air (you have the Front Intake and then the CPU fan vertical to the heatsink as opposed to on top of it). I'm not sure how much increase in air flow you'd see because of that. Also, your Intake isn't quite lined up with your heatsink, so no worries. I don't think you'd see any noticeable Temp drop.
Stacking fans directly on top is not advised. However, if separated by a duct (even only 1-2"), you have both fans working in unison with each other. Think of it like NASCAR drafting. One pushes while the other one aids it by sucking, and the second one sucks while the other aids it by pulling. Depending on the case and layout though, it can be a bit noisy. I only saw a very slight decrease in temps and didn't feel they warranted the extra noise, so oh well.
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Not the way his case is - that's fine. He meant having two fans literally back-to-back.
Kornowski
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Yeah, I did it myself, just used a hole saw and screwed a fan on there
Or you could buy something like this?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=Scythe+Kama+Bay+
No problemo Taylor!
Yeah, I did it myself, just used a hole saw and screwed a fan on there
Or you could buy something like this?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=Scythe+Kama+Bay+
No problemo Taylor!
very nice looking to...i to care not about noise.....mine sounds like a harley....muahhhh ill just send you the parts and you can make me one....heh