Hi, Well I didn't get much time to play but the temps have dropped by about 7degrees C just by moving turning some fans around. Here is what I have now, I hope it makes sense.
Side 1 ------O------ | FD | ox2 I HD i | HD i | HD i | CD | | | |PSU--------| | | | OCpu | V | V I I i | i ------------- Other side ------O------ |FD | i HD O | i HD | i HD | |DVD | | | |-------PSU | | | | Cpu | | V i V i | ------------- Key: HD = Hard disc FD = Floppy disc V = Video i/o = 80mm fans except in front of HD which are 30mm I/O = 120mm fans One point to note and I hadn't really paid any attention to this before but the new PSU is so long it separates the bottom of the case from the top. The 120mm exhaust fan above the CPU seems to be doing the job for the bottom of the case now that I have proper air flow. No crashes so far, but I still may look at getting a different case eventually to allow for full case airflow. Thanks for all the help, Gary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Beave Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling I would have air going towards the inside of the case to put the air on the components. Have air move out of the case can lead a void spot where there is no air flow. Here's an example of my case: ------O------ | | | I | | Video | | | | CPU O | | I HD's PSO ------------- So air goes thru the hard drives to the power supply and out the bottom. Air comes in from the front of the case over to the CPU FAN then out the back. Air is pushed into the case at the Video Card area and is pulled out in a Blow Hole on the top of the case. This works very well in my case. I do use a 680i Asus motherboard, A Zalman CPN9600 CPU fan, an Asus 8800GTX video card. There is no cabling in the way of the components. Even the power supply is kept neatly. BTW, the power Supply is a PC Power Cooling Silencer 750. Regards, Tim "The Beave" Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling All the fans are pushing the air away from the case. Should I have some pulling air in and some pushing it out to create more of a flow across the components? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Beave Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling The fans on the side door of the case can be a problem. You have the air going out or going in there? If the air is going outward try making the air move inward. This way the air is being pushed from the back of the case. I would also make sure the fans on the rear of the case is moving air to the back of the case. If you have to, make those move at a higher RPM. Tim "The Beave" Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling My case is very well ventilated using Scythe 12cm fans It's a full tower case and has the fans in this configuration on the side of the case: ____________ | | | X | | | | X | | | | X X | | | ------------- The back of the case has two 8CM fans at the top sucking out air _______ | | | X X | | | | | | | | | | | ------- The Case isn't too load because the fans are all Scythe Inside the case the cables are relatively tidy, but I would have thought the fans on the side of the case should be moving enough hot air out. The power supply may well be an issue. I may try to take some photo's at the weekend if I have time to help show you the actual configuration. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please notify the sender and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message and any attachments were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of malicious code. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. The recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in so doing, the recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to take protective and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not liable for any loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please notify the sender and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message and any attachments were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of malicious code. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. The recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in so doing, the recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to take protective and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not liable for any loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments.
