My cooling idea

[brownbox]

Ive got 2 80mm fans in the front of my case. 20 DB fans x 2, only putting out around 15 CFM because they are no name brands.

So I was wondering, since I have 4 80mm fan slots in the front of my case (in a square shape), could I just stick a 120mm in the middle of it? They have the same noise level, but over 3 times the airflow

[Zöltuger]

you might have a bit of trouble installing it since the mounting holes won't like up. worth a try tho.

[brownbox]

crap, didnt think of that Oh well, its only $20 if it doesnt work

[ZK-MAT]

Just a quick thought, make sure the air being sucked in has somewhere to go, that is that there is a fan grunty enough to draw it back out.

It's the effect of air passing over components that cool things down, not only the temp of the air coming in, particularly if it can't go anywhere.

So make the output fan high at the back and the input fan low at the front, and keep the side on so you get that wind tunnel effect in there!

[Dreamweaver]

Funny this time of year first heatwave and everyone is trying to find the best way to cool the PC down

I tried a experiment today! Get ready to laugh

I placed my PC Tower in my Car Monitor on the Outside on a desk placed near to the car The I run the engine to get the Air Conditioning up to speed

Oh was that PC quite B) could have been the fact it was in the car as well

One snag though which if the garage door was closed would be a problem and the cost of petrol running the car at idle

[ZK-MAT]

Not to mention the funny looks from your other half...

[Zöltuger]

i think my computer suffers from too much air through the intake fan- the hard disks are nice and cool, but the air flows straight under the graphics and out the holes at the back, rather than over the CPU

i think i need to find a device to slow it down. not helped by having a long graphics card, leaving about 20mm between the hard disk and the graphics card for air to flow through

[towerguy]

mines watercooled and runs out to a Zalman reserator which is an approx 500mm high cylinder with external baffles
- the temp sensor is not actually attached direct to the cpu but sits up against it in the case and so far despite being summer and having 3 kids throw everything from call of duty, FS 9 and 10, the sims and Medieval2 total war - all of them up as high as poss - I've not seen higher than 32degsC on hte sensor readout

- maybe time to checkout watercooling options!

[Alex]

Just don't be like the guy who sealed up his case and filled it full of water before turning it on.

Alex

[Zöltuger]

mines watercooled and runs out to a Zalman reserator which is an approx 500mm high cylinder with external baffles
- the temp sensor is not actually attached direct to the cpu but sits up against it in the case and so far despite being summer and having 3 kids throw everything from call of duty, FS 9 and 10, the sims and Medieval2 total war - all of them up as high as poss - I've not seen higher than 32degsC on hte sensor readout

- maybe time to checkout watercooling options!

graphics cards and hard disks would still need some airflow right?

[towerguy]

yep - still have fans across those - I didn't have the spare dollars to get the watercooler extension for the graphics card - but its available if I decide to get it.

[brownbox]

oh god id rather have a slightly hotter cpu than a cpu having a bath

Im just not into the whole watercooling thing, after a couple of bad experiences with other peoples ones


So, I reckon the best thing to do would be just leave it as is? Sure, the things run a little warm, but its not bad. 2 fans in, 2 fans out. Good enough for me

[Dreamweaver]

Not to mention the funny looks from your other half...

It was the funny look from the neighbours and flatmates who thought I was taking the whole A1 GP thing a bit far by linking my Car to my PC

[ZK-MAT]

ROFL!