Overclocking and Case cooling Thread

[Colin Morey]

Hey Steve,
Any idea where I can get some large ( say 6-8inch) fans here in the uk?

Colin

[Jorden]

As everyone always asks, here's what my PC looks like during the summer:









Jorden, messy desk huh??


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Holly is all I Love&Need !!
And some food and drink till she gets here...
Who has an abundance of Airmiles for Holly(Berri) ??

[SteveC]

Hmmm, in the side of my PC, I've fitted 3 fans. Now my PC will only reliably if I run the middle on and no others. Odd eh? Try and suss that one out!

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Cheers,
Steve

My PC? Not that bad, got all sorts of crap in it, and all sorts of crap around it and my desk is also messy. Now what does that say about me? ;¬)

[This message has been edited by SteveC (edited 08-13-1999).]

[Jammrock]

Alrighty then. I got all of my new cooling toys in, now it's time to install them. Here is the list:

Tennmax Stealth V3 cooler (still waiting for the G400)
Tennmax Lasagna BGA Type 0 (for the AGP chip, yes I am this crazy)
Ultra Thin Exhauster Hard Disk cooler
Super Duper Slot fan
Twin Turbo Case exhaust fan thingy
PIII cache spacer to connect the L2 cache to my Peltier cooler (cooler from Step Thermodynamics)
A couple of heatsinks for the back of my PIII (oh I'm not done yet)
6cm case fan and...
3x8cm case fans.

phew...that's a long list. I think I may have a digital camera to take some photo's with, so if Wombat or ALBPM could please help me out with some web space (and how to put the pics up on the board) I will be ready to go. Just drop me an email please. I may start up a part 2 of this thread, just so people on the slow pipe can load the thread in a decent amount of time.

Jammrock

[Lukey]

Hehehe, trust Pauly to start a thread like this one!!! Just love showing off your space age speaker air freshner...hehe

Just got an Abit BE6 today, waiting for me at home, if I don't return too drunk tonight, I'll install it (also got a Live! Value at the weekend, gotta love that EAX!!) and then come with all me questions in the morning (why has my CPU melted, why does my AGP port smell of burning plastic etc.)

I got a lot to learn...

Laters

Lukey

[KvHagedorn]

I, too, confess to being a fan fan (groan) Alas, I have no pictures, but at least I can say my case is prettier than any of yours =Þ. Oh well, here's a link to a pic of it: My Case.Mine is the tower version. The SCA module in mine is pushed up one bay, leaving a bay and a half for my 120mm fan and duct. This fan blows directly up onto the undersides of my cards. I made the duct and fan support out of sheet steel and double sided foam tape for sound deadening, and used some of that blue AC filter material as filters to keep the dust out. The case also came with 5 fans - the 80mm PS fan, two 80mm fans ducted from the back, blowing cool air on the processor, memory, and cards (doubling what the new ATX standard calls for), and two 60mm fans blowing sideways onto the hard drives. If you can get a hold of one, get it! This is far and away the nicest case I have ever seen. Everything is well planned and beautifully executed. They also make an awesome full tower version.

Another neat fan project can be found at Dan's Data. If you've never seen this guy's website, it's an absolute riot. This slightly cracked but hilarious Australian dude has the most entertaining hardware site I've ever visited. Read the review of the mouse bungee while you're there.
Enjoy.

Kind Regards,

KvH

[KvHagedorn]

Paul, I love your case/fan setup. I never thought of using a 6x9 grille for a fan cover .. duh, and we have tons of that stuff where I work. Had you ever thought of putting one of those auto-hood type scoops on the top? You know, like those guys with custom Camaros have? You could even use an automotive air filter around a regular 12" house fan.

Just teasing. Actually I am a fellow sufferer of Tim Taylor syndrome. If it didnt involve cutting up my case, I'd probably do something like that As it is, my case already has lots of vent holes in it... still lusting for that 150x55 mm monster fan though... who cares if my computer sounds like the flight deck of an aircraft carrier anyway?

Kind Regards,

KvH

[Jorden]

LOL KvH, mine does without the added fans

The main fan in my PU is making alot of noise, like it's coming loose any moment!!
Ah well, if all noise stops and my screen goes black, then I'll buy a new PU

Jorden.

[ALBPM]

I just love the sound of that electric saw ripping through plastic and sheet metal....YaHoooo

Paul

[merchant2112]

wait a min all those fans, duct's and holes, have benifits we havent thought of.

1 we know imediatly if something isint working (the noise level gose down)

2 we don't have to worry about noisey drives (becusae we can't hear anything else but the fans)

3 all those exuast fans mean we don't need heat in the winter. (hot air from overclocked systems warms house.)



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[sixpac]

You guys are to much.It looks like a hell of
alot fun.I too do alot of overclocking,but
my room is air conditioned,so my temp stays
at 68-70 F with the case closed.I only run
3 fans-PS fan,CPU fan,and a 486 fan on my
G200.I just might get the jigsaw out though
don't wanna miss out on all the fun.


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Amd K6-2 350@452,Fic 503+ 1.2a,64mb Mushkin Samsung GHcas2,Maxtor 8.4gb,G200 Mill.8mb Sgram,Yamaha sound

[Maggi]

Hi Guys !

Mind me if I joined ?





and before someone asks ... yes, my Celery is cooled by one passive heatsink assisted by one P2-fan

Not too many fans, but effective.


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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock


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[Jorden]

We do Maggi

Mind me if I joined?

[This message has been edited by Jorden (edited 08-27-1999).]

[Maggi]

I knew I shouldn't have asked, Jorden

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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock