Pablissimo
09-22-01, 06:30 AM
Ok then. I've been modding cases for a little while now, fairly happy with cutting large gashes into otherwise happy cases. But this new 1.33 Tbird I just got really does like keeping itself warm. I got myself a Taisol 760, which I aint lapped yet, and shoved that on, but my active temps are around the 55 to 57 degree mark.
Now, I like this case as it is really. I didn't feel like butchering it up too much, so there are no case fans in it yet. Which leads probably to the lovely 40 degree mobo temps (as reported by bios and Asus Probe (the most reliable of all the monitoring software heh)).
So I started thinking 'I know, I'll build a little chiller and duct the air right at the CPU fan'. And looking round here, I saw this little link ahoy: http://www.hardwareoc.com/airchillerz.php which interested me =))
Problem is, I am on what can be described as a tight budget (about £50, or $70-75 for non-ukish people such as myself). So I need to know a couple things.
First off, would I, by using a smaller Pelt that they suggest in that article (he uses a 112w one, which is pushing it a bit on my 300w PSU), be able to see any reduction in my case and Proc temps. I'm thinking 80w ones here.
And second, although its unlikely, is there a way of stopping the condensation that might build up (not on an 80w Pelt heh) on the cold-side heatsink from being blown into my lovery thunderbird?
So. Little help?
=)))
Now, I like this case as it is really. I didn't feel like butchering it up too much, so there are no case fans in it yet. Which leads probably to the lovely 40 degree mobo temps (as reported by bios and Asus Probe (the most reliable of all the monitoring software heh)).
So I started thinking 'I know, I'll build a little chiller and duct the air right at the CPU fan'. And looking round here, I saw this little link ahoy: http://www.hardwareoc.com/airchillerz.php which interested me =))
Problem is, I am on what can be described as a tight budget (about £50, or $70-75 for non-ukish people such as myself). So I need to know a couple things.
First off, would I, by using a smaller Pelt that they suggest in that article (he uses a 112w one, which is pushing it a bit on my 300w PSU), be able to see any reduction in my case and Proc temps. I'm thinking 80w ones here.
And second, although its unlikely, is there a way of stopping the condensation that might build up (not on an 80w Pelt heh) on the cold-side heatsink from being blown into my lovery thunderbird?
So. Little help?
=)))