Awesome case modding idea/advice

[JCobra14]

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The link basically shows what i mean to do... any ideas/tips ? I want the 3 fans across the top to be 120MM, which i have room for. I'm hoping to mount most of these on the outside of the case to give more room on the inside... I want to be able to undervolt? and run my athlon 1.2 at stock speed without a fan, or maybe just do some overclocking ) Any ideas would be appreciated


IWill kk266+R
Athlon 1.2
Generic Mid tower case/power suppply, measurements have been taken for the fans

 

[JCobra14]

How much of a demand would all those fans create on my PSU? I've got a generic 300W that runs perfectly for my Duron 700 box (I bought 2 of em' a while back),

and also i'm thinkin my HDD/Floppy power cables might be pulled across the CPU by mounting the PSU so far back.. can I get extensions? or just put up with it? lol )

 

[phatstyl]

my thoughts

1- How are you gonna mod your psu to take 3 fans
2- those fans under hte expansion cards are only gonna cool your undermost pci card
3- Most bay cooling fans blow air up and down, not pull it back into your case
4- If this is gonna be under a desk, the rear fan intaking by the cpu will only be bringing hot air onto your athlon
those are my initial thoughts.

 

[JCobra14]

<< my thoughts

1- How are you gonna mod your psu to take 3 fans
2- those fans under hte expansion cards are only gonna cool your undermost pci card
3- Most bay cooling fans blow air up and down, not pull it back into your case
4- If this is gonna be under a desk, the rear fan intaking by the cpu will only be bringing hot air onto your athlon
those are my initial thoughts. >>



Well i'm not exactly sure about the 3 fans on the PSU, the fan blowing into the PSU may be unneccessary, i might take off a chunk of the PSU cover there to allow for airflow

the powersupply i'll have inverted so the blowhole on top will just be a matter of modding the casing and slapping the fan on, i'm wanting to put it on the outside....

and the side/bay fans i'm dont honestly care about too much, other than providing intake for the top blowholes

 

[phatstyl]

maybe mount the psu on top of the case, and have a 120mm blowhole where the psu would be and forget the top blowholes, it would prolly give you better cooling that way

 

[JCobra14]

<< maybe mount the psu on top of the case, and have a 120mm blowhole where the psu would be and forget the top blowholes, it would prolly give you better cooling that way >>





well ... something to think about...

thanks )

 

[phatstyl]

just ryin to help out

 

[dbcrossfire]

alright, I was the same way you were when I went to mod up my antec 1030b... First of all... heh, you don't need 3 120mm fans uptop. I put two on my case, they blow up and out and anything neer the top of my computer is blow straight to the ceiling, no joke. 1 would be fine, if you really want 3 maybe go to a 90mm.

I'm not sure as to how much drain the 120mm fans are on the psu. I have panaflo 120mm fans hooked up to my digi dock, and they are running at about half the rpms they can run. But I also have a enermax 421 psu... It might be pushing it, might not, depends on what else you have hooked up to your psu

Why pull the psu back?

yes, extensions are avaiable for your fans, or you can just clip the fan wire at half way, strip the wires and put some of you own wire in. (that would be the cheaper way of doing it)

As far as a bay cooler... I don't know really. I have one on my digi doc that cools that hd that is mounted inside of it, but I'm not sure if it helps or not.

Running your cpu without a fan... I don't know about this one either, I personally won't risk it. Get an sk-6 and then a 60-80mm fan adapter, then you can run a quiter 80mm fan instead of the 60mm.

my two cents, hope it helps.

 

[JCobra14]

<< alright, I was the same way you were when I went to mod up my antec 1030b... First of all... heh, you don't need 3 120mm fans uptop. I put two on my case, they blow up and out and anything neer the top of my computer is blow straight to the ceiling, no joke. 1 would be fine, if you really want 3 maybe go to a 90mm.

I'm not sure as to how much drain the 120mm fans are on the psu. I have panaflo 120mm fans hooked up to my digi dock, and they are running at about half the rpms they can run. But I also have a enermax 421 psu... It might be pushing it, might not, depends on what else you have hooked up to your psu

Why pull the psu back?

yes, extensions are avaiable for your fans, or you can just clip the fan wire at half way, strip the wires and put some of you own wire in. (that would be the cheaper way of doing it)

As far as a bay cooler... I don't know really. I have one on my digi doc that cools that hd that is mounted inside of it, but I'm not sure if it helps or not.

Running your cpu without a fan... I don't know about this one either, I personally won't risk it. Get an sk-6 and then a 60-80mm fan adapter, then you can run a quiter 80mm fan instead of the 60mm.

my two cents, hope it helps. >>



pulling the PSU back gives room for 2 more 120 MM fans )

extensions for the fans arent really a concern, but for the HDD power rails they are...

I may wind up just adding a blowhole to the top... duno

 

[dejo]

personally, I feel there is a simple way of cooling a case without cutting so many holes in it.

Mine is a prime example. I have one hole cut in the top with a 120mm fan for exhaust (hot air rises so this is the best....but duh you all know that ). On the back of my case I have a 80mm intake fan (grill was installed when I bought the case so no cutting needed) that blows 41.1 cfm...pretty good for a case fan...funny thing is, it has better cfm than my CPU heatsink.....anyhow.....and finally I had a bay left over (since I have 3 places for cd drives or whatever and I only have 2 in there) I got myself a bay cooler. These things can be exhaust or intake, so I use intake and it has 80+ cfm.

I wish I had a picture of it....but I don't. The way the airflow looks is like an upside down "T". So that's 3 fans and only one hole....incase anyone is wondering my load temps are:

Chasis: 10 deg C
CPU : 21 deg C

 

[smp]

Dude your room is 10 C ???

 

[JCobra14]

well the thrill is in cutting all the holes in it )

 

[SonofVengeance]

Yeah his cpu is cooler than my case???
10C? He needs to change his name to Jack frost if his ambient is that cold.

 

[dejo]

lol....well when the PC is in the basement of my home and on the floor...it gets cold down there

 

[dbcrossfire]

no kidding, where is this computer? alaska? jeeze...

you see, some of us, that keep our houses at normal temps ~70 degrees... don't get temps like that. heh

 

[Glow]

LMAO, 10C.....when he bathes theres chunks of ice starting to form.

 

[virtuamike]

From what I've seen you'll probably get better results by using proper ducting rather than moving the power supply back and adding additional fans. If you're concerned about the noise than just run the OEM AMD fan and forget about overclocking. Besides are there any benefits in undervolting your CPU?

 

[JCobra14]

Well the benefits of undervolting are less heat disspation at the stock speed, essentially overclocking standing still? lol

 

[dejo]

ducting I agreee with and my fan on the back has a duct directing air straight into the heatsink (made from cardboard and duct tape)


Undervolting I have a problem with. I tried this and whenever I ran a big game like Counter-Strike or Serious Sam I would crash. This did not continue to happen once I set the voltage to normal

 

[JCobra14]

<< ducting I agreee with and my fan on the back has a duct directing air straight into the heatsink (made from cardboard and duct tape)


Undervolting I have a problem with. I tried this and whenever I ran a big game like Counter-Strike or Serious Sam I would crash. This did not continue to happen once I set the voltage to normal >>




having never undervolted an athlon i wouldnt know..... but its worth a try i guess )

 

[mechBgon]

So your overall motivation... is it to cool your CPU adequately "without a 60mm screamer in there?" If that's all you want, I don't think you need to resort to that much modification (unless you just want to for the novelty of it all).

For the record, you can usually find the power consumption of your fan on the label. If you haven't bought them yet, check the site where you're buying... they almost always list the wattage. A high-output 120mm fan draws up to 8 Watts, and typical 80mm fans are in the 1W to 3W area. Browse around 2Cooltek for some specific examples. If a site lists a fan's amperage, multiply it by 12V to get your wattage.

 

[JCobra14]

<< So your overall motivation... is it to cool your CPU adequately "without a 60mm screamer in there?" If that's all you want, I don't think you need to resort to that much modification (unless you just want to for the novelty of it all).

For the record, you can usually find the power consumption of your fan on the label. If you haven't bought them yet, check the site where you're buying... they almost always list the wattage. A high-output 120mm fan draws up to 8 Watts, and typical 80mm fans are in the 1W to 3W area. Browse around 2Cooltek for some specific examples. If a site lists a fan's amperage, multiply it by 12V to get your wattage. >>



In a way i would like to do all the mods, just for fun. but that isnt my primary motivation... and thanks for the info on fan wattage...

 

[mechBgon]

Hehe, somehow I picture you having fun with one of these.

 

[JCobra14]

WoooOOO

*Places order*

 

[0beron]

<< 3 fans across the top to be 120MM >>

:Q

Are you building a case or a helicopter?

Why all the fans but none on the CPU?
I say take off two of the 120mm fans and keep your stock HSF.

BTW, I'd recommend getting thumbscrews. Thumbscrews RULE! (I bet they help with cooling too cuz they dissipate heat by creating more surface area on the case )