A diffrent fan shroud

UnL0GiC · Nov 2, 2004

Up until today i was using a fan shroud like most other "water-cooling-geeks" that sucks air in thru the radiator sitting at the front of the case resulting in that you get some hot air sucked into the case. This didn't use to be a problem but with Vcore voltages aproaching 1.95v the water in my watercooling system was really heating up!

When i was priming this afternoon i noticed that my case temprature reached 40° and that was way too much for me to accept i needed to take action. I bet the first idea you get is lets add some more/better exaust fans. More fans = more sound and since i live in a small apartment that was no option.

So here is what i came up with, a fan shroud that doesn't dump any hot air into the case:

felinusz · Nov 2, 2004

Neat! Have you made a hole in your case's side panel to accomodate the exhaust?

It's sorta like a duct/shroud - how signifigantly have your CPU temperatures, and case temperatures changed as a result?

UnL0GiC · Nov 2, 2004

Yea i made a hole in the side of my case just below my plexi window although i didnt wan't to take the picture with the side on since it would cover most of the shroud. Anway case temp dropped about 10° during maximum load. The CPU temprature dropped about 2-3° during maximum load (haven't let it idle yett

).

Keiron · Nov 2, 2004

That is pretty good, I like the idea. Also, the way that sits it looks like it makes the ultimate foot heater.

UnL0GiC · Nov 2, 2004

Keiron said:
That is pretty good, I like the idea. Also, the way that sits it looks like it makes the ultimate foot heater.

Yea i get 30° warm air on my feet now

lithker · Nov 2, 2004

i want one but im afriad it will run into my vid card

socket7 · Nov 2, 2004

What did you make that out of? some sort of sheet metal clearly, but can you give us a little more info.

UnL0GiC · Nov 2, 2004

socket7 said:
What did you make that out of? some sort of sheet metal clearly, but can you give us a little more info.

It's made out of 0.5 mm aluminium, a great metal if you ask me. Easy to shape with your hands, light weight and you can cut it with a normal scissor!

sunrunner20 · Nov 2, 2004

And it conducts good too! :-/

Gotta watch out for that.

johan851 · Nov 2, 2004

Looks very nice. I like that idea.

UnL0GiC · Nov 4, 2004

Here is some pictures on how it looks with the side of case in place:

cetoole · Nov 4, 2004

Looks great, where did you get the aluminum and how much was it?

coolroyboy2 · Nov 4, 2004

It looks like alum flashing .

Legion2005 · Nov 4, 2004

I think I might do that, if I can find a way... thats great work.

UnL0GiC · Nov 4, 2004

I got the aluminium from www.clasohlson.se (Product number 306348). They charge about 5$ for a sheet of 25*40 cm (0.5mm thick) aluminium.

Although even with this mod it looks like I'm gonna have to get a second radiator cause my water temp is pretty high since i bumped my Vcore to 1.925. I'm even thinking of putting my GF4 on a separate pump/radiator.

Nexus_6 · Nov 4, 2004

Look my PC.

sunrunner20 · Nov 4, 2004

You could use a little wire managment there.

Senater_Cache · Nov 4, 2004

what case is that???
is that the AMF or something from newegg?

as a next project look into perhaps some mesh or some sort of blend.

sunrunner20 · Nov 4, 2004

Ive got a very simular antec case. http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=91082

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