Suggestions for cases in a DIRTY environment

[Booty]

I'm throwing together a new computer for some friends who own a bar. Their old one is incredibly nasty... it's filled with disgusting brown dust from all the smoke in the environment. I'd like to keep some of that dust out of the new one, so am looking for suggestions for a case with some nice built-in dust filtering. They're aware that they will need to clean/possibly change the filters regularly. Any suggestions?

 

[Nirach]

Personally, I'd just blag some individual fan filters and fit those. Probably cheaper, and easier, than finding a case with all vent holes filtered. The upside of the individual fan filters is you can set it up so the only thing you need to remove to get at them is the side panel.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Son of a Gunderson it's a bar !! Nobody is going to clean filters, they'll just call you when

it overheats

The real world solution= http://www.overclockers.com/tips1092/ Kind of like RonCo,

"Set it and forget it" I can here it now, "hey man ! I can't build that." You don't have

too. Some of his patrons have got to be mechanics, welders or autobody repairmen. Have

the bar owner find a patron to build it for him. End of thread.


...Galvanized

 

[grimlykindo]

If money isn't an issue- get one of those Zalman fanless heatpipe cases. There would no noise and no dust! But I guess this will depend on how successful their bar is

oh, yeah - I guess they only work with certain mobos and v-cards and such - thats sucks.

 

[zagood]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
Son of a Gunderson it's a bar !! Nobody is going to clean filters, they'll just call you when

it overheats

The real world solution= http://www.overclockers.com/tips1092/ Kind of like RonCo,

"Set it and forget it" I can here it now, "hey man ! I can't build that." You don't have

too. Some of his patrons have got to be mechanics, welders or autobody repairmen. Have

the bar owner find a patron to build it for him. End of thread.


...Galvanized

Awesome.

-z

 

[Banzai042]

Dude, but friggin huge fan in the middle of that filter and you can cram 80+cfm through that thing at silent noise levels with how big those filters are, great cooling and completely dust free.

 

[Booty]

Who sells the Zalman cases (Newegg doesn't seem to)? They actually make pretty damn good money, so a fanless design like that might actually be an option. Galvanized - not the most helpful of replies, but definitely amusing.

 

[Shadowknight]

Hmm... If you go to the systems section of SPCR, they have a list of a bunch of different pre-built systems; one is a completely sealed, passive system. Look into that one. I'm too lazy to pull up the link myself (no, it's not using the Zalman case).

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Booty
Who sells the Zalman cases (Newegg doesn't seem to)? They actually make pretty damn good money, so a fanless design like that might actually be an option. Galvanized - not the most helpful of replies, but definitely amusing.

Be amused if you will but a friend in India uses that type of set-up for his factory comp.

It helps keep the air in his office clean, he has no AC and finds this a side benifit.

You did not indicate the true type of enviroment this rig is in or the monie$ to be spent
on this project. Define what you need with some detail and time/effort will be saved.
By your profile this bar could be next to the oil sands with hard core workers frequenting
it but by your tone now, it's an up-scale yuppie bar.

Google for the Zalman passive case. IIRC it hovers around $1400 USD.

Or consider http://www.clean-aire.com/Enclosures.htm

Now your next comment will be, "Where can I get it in Canada."


...Galvanized

 

[Booty]

My bad, I thought describing the system being in the office of a bar was good enough - I live in the midwest, so a bar's a bar. I guess some are dirtier/smokier than others... descriptions probably vary a lot depending on where you're at. All I was trying to get across was that I wanted to give the thing a little extra protection from smoke/dirt. I had checked froogle for the case but thought maybe there was a decent reseller that people in this forum preferred (as an example, you can search for an Athlon 64 on froogle and not end up with a link to Newegg, know what I mean?).

Anyway, didn't mean any offense... usually I define what I want/need in more detail than necessary - thought I'd try to keep it short and to the point for once. The office is pretty small, so odds are I couldn't do anything like that link anyway... or maybe recommending an air filter for that room is a better idea. Who knows. Thanks for the responses.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

I modded both my Lian Li mid-towers for filters with up-rated fans.

One case uses 92x25s paired at the front the other a 120x38. I made a frame out of
aluminum angle stock that holds a double layer of home AC fiberglass filtering material.
This works very well for me. My little office is in the back of a deep 4 car garage.
The fiberglass material is very inexpensive and does a really good job of filtering with low
restriction.

Get him a case with a 120 intake, install a 120x38 because it will draw through the filter
much better than a 120x25. Even when undervolted a 38mm thick fan will pull more
mm of H2O. The filtering medium could just be taped in place.
Thin foam, panty hose and tight screens just get the chunks or cause restriction.
Fiberglas give filtering through it's thickness not just on the surface.

Consider an Antec SLK3000 for < $60.


No offence was taken...Really EDIT: I saw Alberta and it threw me a curve.


...Galvanized

 

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