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RayB:
When my problem started I added a bunch of fans (intake and outtake) and guess what? Yeah it kept things cooler but it didn't solve the REAL problem (which was my backwards heatsink).
I think Lilwolf needs to post more symptoms here and perhaps look into the possibility that there is a cause to the problem in the first place. Unless you are overclocking, the average PC set-up is just fine.
Sinner:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on August 02, 2005, 02:32:36 pm ---What's the problem with cutting a hole in a bottom that no one will ever see? It can't hurt, but it can help.
How do you want to find out that 1 fan wasn't enough? The hard way? Last time I checked, overheating a PC was a bad thing.
We're not talking about avoiding a potential problem. We're talking about taking care of one that already exists. To go out completely during the summer months sound like a pretty serious heat issue to me. I don't think any less than substantial measures would fix it.
At least we both agree that vents on top are necessary.
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I would personally put a thermometer inside, and check it periodically...if it started to get too hot, I would shut down and add a fan...
Like I said before why take all that time cutting and cleaning, spending more money on fans, and mesh grills when you may not have to...
Maybe it's just me, I don't think I would bother wasting the time and money, if I didn't have to...
Sinner:
--- Quote from: RayB on August 02, 2005, 02:36:24 pm ---When my problem started I added a bunch of fans (intake and outtake) and guess what? Yeah it kept things cooler but it didn't solve the REAL problem (which was my backwards heatsink).
I think Lilwolf needs to post more symptoms here and perhaps look into the possibility that there is a cause to the problem in the first place. Unless you are overclocking, the average PC set-up is just fine.
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The PC seems to work fine when out of the cab and when the outter temp is cooler...if the heatsink was the problem, I think he would have problems all of the time...
I assumed that since he's been using it for a while, that his PC was in working order...I apologize...
Havok:
I would go with a larger fan (4") as an intake near the bottom back, and put another at the top as exhaust. Pay attention to the arrows marking the direction of airflow. The larger fans move more air and are quieter. Make sure to purchase some that run at 21db or lower - they will be whisper quiet!
elvis:
In all my cabs I cut two 80mm holes somewhere that isn't ugly or eye catching.
In the lower of the two, I put a sucker fan. In the higher of the two, a blower. The fans I use are Vantec Stealth fans. These are very quiet, and you can mount them on rubber washers if vibration is a problem (not that it ever has been for me, as they are quite well built units).
I also put some dust catching material (air-conditioner filter foam can be picked up for around AU$2 per square meter, which will do a hundred fans easy) on the sucker fan, which you can clean (or throw away) every few months to keep dust levels down.
http://www.vantecusa.com/product-cooling.html
These fans are around 20dBa by spec, which is nice and quiet. I use them in my workstation PC as well.
If you want to get super tricky, you can put all sorts of speed controllers or switches in line to turn these on and off as you see fit, or have them automated by temperature. But that adds cost and effort, and these things are already whisper quiet anyway.