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Cooling Dynamo Cabinet
404:
i just picked up the same cab the other day and was thinking about this too. My best guess would be to expand the access hole at the top of the cab and place a vent or speaker grill of some kind like this one
http://www.twistedquarter.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=12&products_id=240
Heat tends to rise until it no longer has anywhere to go so placing something at the top would probably be your best bet. It may even be optimal to put a vent next to the power supply area. That's just above your pc motherboard and near your monitor so it may even expel some of the monitor heat.
a 6x9 vent can almost fit two 120mm fans side by side with a half inch overlap if you set both fans side by side. You can easily fit two 92mm fans with no problems whatsoever.
Ginsu Victim:
My top fan has blue LEDs, so the vent projects blue bars on the wall behind the cab. Looks neat.
Malenko:
just curious , is the PC decased?
Also would like to re-enforce a fan up top to help exhaust the hot air, and optionally a fan at the bottom to pull the cold air in.
EDIT: Added optional to bottom fan.
pbj:
One fan at the top ought to do it. Hot air rises, the fan will push it out, and cool air will come in naturally through all the leaky spots.
brained:
--- Quote from: Malenko on April 22, 2014, 03:14:20 pm ---just curious , is the PC decased?
Also would like to re-enforce a fan up top to help exhaust the hot air, and optionally a fan at the bottom to pull the cold air in.
EDIT: Added optional to bottom fan.
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PC is decased and mounted in the control panel drawer shelf that my cab has.