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How many fans are you running out of you CAB?
urbecrisch:
I'm in the process of maming a CAB and I'm curious how many cooling fans, if any, are suggested coming out of the back of the CAB? I'm using a CPU in the original case but if I close the back of the CAB I'm wondering how hot it will get inside running the CPU which could possibly cause some real damage to my CAB and house!
If I need to add one or two fans, what is the best/cheapest kind that will work and where should I draw power from to run them?
If you have any PICS of your CAB w/fans I would like to see how they look.
Cheers!
AMDman13:
I kept a small area on the back of my cab open so that the PC PSU could vent the heat through the back.
All fans on your cab can easily be powered from the PC's PSU. Just splice the wires from a standard PC fan and extend them with a wire that is able to conduct 12v.
The only other fan I added is to the back of my Betson Multisync arcade monitor (see pic). I can say that I am currently going to change this fan to a style that you can control the RPM due to fan noise. It's a bit much for my taste.
somunny:
I've got two 120mm fans I pulled out of a Honewell rackmount enclosure. They move a hell of a lot of air but sound (and feel) like a P-51 ready for take-off! :P
Because of this, I rarely use them. I've also never had any heat issues with the pc's inside either of my cabinets.
If you are going to install a fan or two you may want to consider using a pot as a speed controller also. It's something I wish I would have done. This way I wouldn't have to run those noisy suckers flat-out or nothing.
urbecrisch:
Thanks for the advice. Looks like I may not have to add any fans cause I have two open areas on the back top of my CAB and also one center bottom of CAB where an old power supply was removed. I'll keep an eye on it and add fan(s) if needed.
marlborroman13, what are the two pushbuttons on the back of your CAB for? Just curious as to what people do and what kind of buttons they hide. ;D
Cheers!
AMDman13:
The red is my power on for the cab and the black is reset. I accomplished this by wiring the button directly to the motherboard's PWON jumper switch and the black is a reset button that is also wired directly to the motherboard's Reset jumper. The rest of the cab is plugged into a Bits Limited Smartstrip located here http://www.bitsltd.net/ConsumerProducts/index.htm
Model #LCG3
That way the whole cab can be powered on by the press of the red power button. It also can all be shut down using Mamewah's "Exit and Shut Down" then presto the whole cab powers off.