Case refrigeration kits

[crsgardner]

Are there any kits you guys could recommend (or do any actually exist) to add refrigeration to an existing case? I just put together a new rig and am running into some major heat issues. I'm going to add another fan, but was thinking of looking for some kind of refrigeration kit. Trouble is, I googled and searched on newegg and couldn't really find anything. I've seen cases from some of the major OEMs (Alienware, Falcon) that have refrigeration built-in. Is there any way to add it to an existing case?

 

[Jaxidian]

Honestly, unless your computer is in a 100F environment (ambient room temperature), I think case refrigeration is overkill.

Let us know how your system is setup and maybe we can help you find a $10 alternative to what would likely be many hundreds of dollars (if you can find as system). If you can take pics also, that would probably help. If you can't post them, then email them to me and I'll get them posted for ya'.

 

[Technonut]

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[crsgardner]

Case:
Silverstone(probably not the coolest thing in the world, temperature-wise, but I wasn't expecting this problem.
4 fans: 1 on the power supply, 1 stock on the AMD, 1 stock on the GPU and a front chassis fan. There's an area on the back for an "optional" fan, which I'm now considering manditory. I've ordered a 120 mm fan from Newegg to put in there and see if it helps.

Tech:
Athlon 64 3200+
ATI Radeon Pro 9800
ASUS motherboard
PC3200 RAM
2x74 GB WD SATA RAID

Someone mentioned (and I agree) that the case could use more cross ventilation. Basically the only thing pushing the heat of the CPU out is the power supply fan. There's practically nothing pushing out the GPU heat (there's the holes for the back chassis fan, of course, but no fan yet). Could cross-ventilation be the problem?

 

[heresiarh]

Where can I buy these?

 

[heresiarh]

I am running an Athlon XP 2700+ and my v reads 1.65. Should i bring it down to 1.60?

 

[KillaKilla]

Originally posted by: heresiarh
I am running an Athlon XP 2700+ and my v reads 1.65. Should i bring it down to 1.60? I am running an Athlon XP 2700+ and my v reads 1.65. Should i bring it down to 1.60?

What does this have to do with this? Also, use edit.

Originally posted by: crsgardner
Case:
Silverstone(probably not the coolest thing in the world, temperature-wise, but I wasn't expecting this problem.
4 fans: 1 on the power supply, 1 stock on the AMD, 1 stock on the GPU and a front chassis fan. There's an area on the back for an "optional" fan, which I'm now considering manditory. I've ordered a 120 mm fan from Newegg to put in there and see if it helps.

Tech:
Athlon 64 3200+
ATI Radeon Pro 9800
ASUS motherboard
PC3200 RAM
2x74 GB WD SATA RAID

Someone mentioned (and I agree) that the case could use more cross ventilation. Basically the only thing pushing the heat of the CPU out is the power supply fan. There's practically nothing pushing out the GPU heat (there's the holes for the back chassis fan, of course, but no fan yet). Could cross-ventilation be the problem?

Try cutting out a hole for that front 120mm fan to breath, if you can stand the ghetto-esque look. That rear 120 will definetally help. Are you OCing anything at the moment?

 

[crsgardner]

Are you OCing anything at the moment?

Not at the moment, but the current temperature alone is enough to make me wary about doing it.

So I can understand correctly, you think I should physically cut a hole where the fan grill is? Will that actually help?

 

[Falloutboy]

I think what he means is getting a 120mm holesaw and cutting a hole thru the bezel and putting a grille on it. done right it looks pretty good but its a tricky mod to do. also is the case sitting on a table or on the floor and if so is it carpet or hard floor? if its sitting on carpet thats proubly your problem due to the front fan not being able to get much air thier.

my recomendation to you if the rear fan doesn solve your issue install a fan in the side and top to increase venelation