Hey, I was thinking of laying my heatercore horizontaly on the base of my case, I will also raise my case so its about 1/2" or 1" off the ground.. Is this a bad idea or something because I haven't seen anyone do it? air under my case shouldn't be too hot since heat rises.
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HC on bottom..
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I would say that you could raise your case about an inch off the ground, then mount your fan sucking in air from under it and blowing it through your HC, but use a shroud. If you do that, I don't see why you would have any problems.
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The only 'problem' I see is that all the heat from the HC is going to be pumped into your case and heat the case temps up, but other than that I see nothing wrong with that.
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That can easily be solved my switch the front intakes around so you have exhaust fans in the front and rear. Intake is done through the HC fans. Or you can leave the front intakes as they are and simply add a blowhole up top. 120mm 0r 92mm shall do fine.
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I've done this before. With RBX, maze4gpu, mag3 and double heatercore I got pretty decent temps (low 40s loaded).
It's good for stealth if you don't mind losing a bunch of pci slots and have a good place to put the pump
edit found the old thread with a clear pic http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=258607
It's good for stealth if you don't mind losing a bunch of pci slots and have a good place to put the pump
edit found the old thread with a clear pic http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=258607
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