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Showing off my new cabinet
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Flip_Willie on December 07, 2007, 09:28:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on December 07, 2007, 06:20:38 pm ---250mm :o what are you trying to cool!! a nuclear reactor?? :dizzy:
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I have two 250mm fans in my cabinet ( I definitely should have thought that one out that before I installed them). Even though the fans are on the back side of the cabinet, I can feel the air blowing from the front --especially when I have my coin door opened. It seriously feels like I am cooling down my room when I turn it on.
They are as loud as heck too... Though, that just gives me an excuse to turn the volume up louder. ;D
I am thinking about installing a switch so I can just manually turn then on once in a while.
Just as it is,
Flip Willie
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Just install a potentiometer so you can slow them down. With two fans that large, you should be able to turn the speed slow enough that they are whisper quiet and still pushing quite a bit of air through.
Avrus:
That's really odd, I have two 200mm's in my cabinet and you can't hear them over background noise in the house.
Flip_Willie:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on December 07, 2007, 09:50:05 pm ---Just install a potentiometer so you can slow them down. With two fans that large, you should be able to turn the speed slow enough that they are whisper quiet and still pushing quite a bit of air through.
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Thanks, that is a good idea, I will definitely keep that in mind. ;)
--- Quote from: Avrus on December 07, 2007, 10:13:33 pm ---That's really odd, I have two 200mm's in my cabinet and you can't hear them over background noise in the house.
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Mine are loud. They look neat though. *Picture*
Just as it is,
Flip Willie
AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Flip_Willie on December 07, 2007, 10:40:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on December 07, 2007, 09:50:05 pm ---Just install a potentiometer so you can slow them down. With two fans that large, you should be able to turn the speed slow enough that they are whisper quiet and still pushing quite a bit of air through.
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Thanks, that is a good idea, I will definitely keep that in mind. ;)
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Just thought I'd add that fan speed controllers are extremely cheap if you don't want to add the pot to the wires yourself
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118217
mike_bike_kite:
I should point out that cooling don't appear to be necessary assuming you have vent holes to allow the air to flow through the cab (mine has a hole in the base and vent holes near the top). I simply put the fan there cause it looks good. The fan is also nearly silent as most of the modern large case fans are. It also provides a big hole for the sound to come out (there's some hefty speakers in my little box).
Oddly the air from the fan blows out rather than sucks in - this means your knees get a little cold while playing but at least it stops the issue of trousers (or children's body parts) being sucked into the fan.
I tried using resistors to slow the fan down as mentioned in the earlier posts. I tried lots of different combinations going from 1k ohms down to 80 ohms but the only effect I found was that the fan would just take longer to reach full speed than normal, if I raised the resistance any more then the fan simply stopped turning. I'm guessing the PWM is the way to go forward but I've ordered one of the fan controller parts anyway.
I still have a few bits to do to finish things off
* I'm trying to source some acrylic sheeting and then work out how to bevel the edges and drill some holes in it to fix everything in place.
* I want to loose the windows XP initial boot up screen.
* I'd also like the front end to play an audio clip when it starts any game up.
* I've ordered a intelliplug to turn off all the extra hardware when the PC turns off.
* I've also got to think up another project to keep me interested and out of my wife's hair.
Mike
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