Airflow = good

SolidxSnake · 02-21-05, 02:13 PM

just went to town on my computer.... before, my computer was a tangled mess of yellow,red and black... now its nice and neat, and I can see my ram!!

i re-organized my wires, pulled off a fan grille from the power supply, re-seated and cleaned my CPU heatsink (stupid move cause im getting a Zalman 7000cu and a 92mm Panaflo this week, the panaflo to mod onto the Zalman)... i couldn't get much dust outta the machine, dunno what kinda vaccum to use (im scared to use a full-size high-power vaccum)

check out the shots at:

http://community.webshots.com/album/177176862WNNQMF/2

now, before i did this, my temps were:

57°C CPU
42°C Mobo

After about 10-20 minutes of folding

now its

41°C CPU
39° Mobo

that big of a difference =P

edit: got the pics workin, maybe the last 2 wont work

Brad84cnc · 02-21-05, 02:34 PM

the first four links dont work but other then that good job

SolidxSnake · 02-21-05, 02:38 PM

yea, permission denied... w/e... the first 2 work for me...

infinitevalence · 02-21-05, 02:39 PM

links == dead

moz_21 · 02-21-05, 02:40 PM

Links no worky.

SolidxSnake · 02-21-05, 03:07 PM

the last link works... go there for the pics

Bios24 · 02-21-05, 06:34 PM

FYI: you have to copy/paste the links into your brower. They worked just fine for me.

It's always amazing what a little clean-up can do. The average computer can helped a lot with these free mods.

pip · 02-21-05, 07:32 PM

I'm afraid I've been guilty of such wiring crimes as early as this morning, well I cleaned up the wiring and my temps dropped 8* C at full load, the effect is truly amazing.

Electron Chaser · 02-21-05, 07:36 PM

Excellent job!!! and congrats. Yet another sucess story.

There has been several threads lately on wire cleanup and organization. All have reported excellent results. Keep this in mind the next time someone posts a thread about temps.

You can often better your temps with $2.00 worth of wire-ties and a little patience more then you can with $100.00 worth of fans and a new HSF.

SolidxSnake · 02-21-05, 07:43 PM

thx

for me, it was free, i have a metal can FILLED with twist ties... not plastic zip-ties, twist ties... i don't like zip-ties cause u gotta cut em if you want to get rid of it, and you cant reuse it =P

sunrunner20 · 04-02-05, 07:08 AM

You really should not be using a vaccume cleaner, Anything that rubs on the inside of the intake tube will generate static and ALOT of it.
Ever wonder why woodworking shop dust control systems have a ground wire running in them? Its becuase static discharge+sawdust= BOOM!

Mud · 04-02-05, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunrunner20

You really should not be using a vaccume cleaner, Anything that rubs on the inside of the intake tube will generate static and ALOT of it.
Ever wonder why woodworking shop dust control systems have a ground wire running in them? Its becuase static discharge+sawdust= BOOM!

true.

id also like to say that removing intake filters will create better airflow (at least in my case) ive got a 2deg temp drop when i removed the front fan filter..

btw how do u like my wirin??

p.s. this is an old pic when i first installed rig on the new case, my ide cable is now laying under the board and the psu cables are more managed.

Crana · 04-02-05, 10:00 AM

You could drop you temps more if you removed all the fan grills, espically the front fans

EWBatOVAclockin · 04-02-05, 10:53 AM

What if you unplug your computer and then try to vacuum inside the case?

Yes taking off all the fan grills that come with the case is a very good idea. And another good idea would to make a custom fan mount for a 120 in the front of the case. When it is where its normally supose to be(the front, blowing air straight) it is not blowing the air at an angle which can direct hot air better to the exhaust fans. Here's one that I did in my current case. It's a really simple mod that can get good airflow going in your case.

Also this can be done with 2 80mm also, just fit the support for the fan to fit around a 80mm fan.

But good deal with the wiring, airflow is very good when trying to keep everything cool to the touch

PEACE

shellshock · 04-02-05, 12:31 PM

ya, you really need to cut the front fan grills off, there restricting alot of airflow and cousing excess noise

l3ored · 04-02-05, 12:39 PM

heh snake, i mounted my speakers the same way. except i have them mounted on the cieling, not the wall, and they point directly towards me. also i got 5.1. sweeeeet.

SolidxSnake · 04-04-05, 04:38 PM

okay, well you already have seen the front of my case, how bout behind the mobo??

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...14475124geMqdQ

illogical06 · 04-05-05, 02:10 AM

Really, i'd say screw a vacuum for the most part. Just buy a can of compressed air or two and blow the crap outta that pc from top to bottom. At the same time vaccum the dust that goes to the bottom and just repeat the process until satisfied. I highly doubt any vacuum on the market has the air pressure to suck all the tiny dust particles in tight spaces like a can of compressed air would be able to(it would blow it instead obviously). Thats my 2 cents for ya.

fatguy · 04-21-05, 01:45 PM

Just did some cleanup on my case:

*WARNING: large image files

http://www.teamghost.squadservers.co...ture%20036.jpg
http://www.teamghost.squadservers.co...ture%20038.jpg

Muppetmower · 04-21-05, 05:42 PM

Wow stunning case fatguy

Yeah, flat IDE cables suck. Spend 6 bucks and get greater cooling.

02-21-05, 02:13 PM	Thread Starter #1
SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA	Airflow = good just went to town on my computer.... before, my computer was a tangled mess of yellow,red and black... now its nice and neat, and I can see my ram!! i re-organized my wires, pulled off a fan grille from the power supply, re-seated and cleaned my CPU heatsink (stupid move cause im getting a Zalman 7000cu and a 92mm Panaflo this week, the panaflo to mod onto the Zalman)... i couldn't get much dust outta the machine, dunno what kinda vaccum to use (im scared to use a full-size high-power vaccum) check out the shots at: http://community.webshots.com/album/177176862WNNQMF/2 now, before i did this, my temps were: 57°C CPU 42°C Mobo After about 10-20 minutes of folding now its 41°C CPU 39° Mobo that big of a difference =P edit: got the pics workin, maybe the last 2 wont work __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE i7-2600 4001MHz @ 39x102.6~ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Professional~MSI N580GTX Lightning 1536MB @ 1000//2400 @ 1.149v~8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24~256GB Samsung 830 SSD and 60GB OCZ Vertex~2x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TBs in RAID1 ~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| Apogee GT, MCW82, MCP35x + Res, Thermochill PA120.2 and 120.3 (both rev1) Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ07B-W Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224 Last edited by SolidxSnake; 02-21-05 at 03:08 PM.
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SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA	yea, permission denied... w/e... the first 2 work for me... __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE i7-2600 4001MHz @ 39x102.6~ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Professional~MSI N580GTX Lightning 1536MB @ 1000//2400 @ 1.149v~8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24~256GB Samsung 830 SSD and 60GB OCZ Vertex~2x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TBs in RAID1 ~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| Apogee GT, MCW82, MCP35x + Res, Thermochill PA120.2 and 120.3 (both rev1) Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ07B-W Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224
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02-21-05, 03:07 PM	Thread Starter #6
SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA	the last link works... go there for the pics __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE i7-2600 4001MHz @ 39x102.6~ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Professional~MSI N580GTX Lightning 1536MB @ 1000//2400 @ 1.149v~8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24~256GB Samsung 830 SSD and 60GB OCZ Vertex~2x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TBs in RAID1 ~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| Apogee GT, MCW82, MCP35x + Res, Thermochill PA120.2 and 120.3 (both rev1) Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ07B-W Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224
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02-21-05, 06:34 PM	#7
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02-21-05, 07:32 PM	#8
pip Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oregon, The InteLinux State	I'm afraid I've been guilty of such wiring crimes as early as this morning, well I cleaned up the wiring and my temps dropped 8* C at full load, the effect is truly amazing.
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02-21-05, 07:36 PM	#9
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02-21-05, 07:43 PM	Thread Starter #10
SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA	thx for me, it was free, i have a metal can FILLED with twist ties... not plastic zip-ties, twist ties... i don't like zip-ties cause u gotta cut em if you want to get rid of it, and you cant reuse it =P __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE i7-2600 4001MHz @ 39x102.6~ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Professional~MSI N580GTX Lightning 1536MB @ 1000//2400 @ 1.149v~8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24~256GB Samsung 830 SSD and 60GB OCZ Vertex~2x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TBs in RAID1 ~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| Apogee GT, MCW82, MCP35x + Res, Thermochill PA120.2 and 120.3 (both rev1) Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ07B-W Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224
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sunrunner20 Masta Tweeka! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas	You really should not be using a vaccume cleaner, Anything that rubs on the inside of the intake tube will generate static and ALOT of it. Ever wonder why woodworking shop dust control systems have a ground wire running in them? Its becuase static discharge+sawdust= BOOM! __________________ Desktop: Q6600 G0@3Ghz,eVGA 8800gts,P5k Premium,2x2gb Kingston,120gig Agility 3,Seasonic S12-600HT Laptop: Toshiba M7(Tablet): T2300, 4gb ram, 160gb seagate My Heatware
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04-02-05, 10:53 AM	#14
EWBatOVAclockin Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas	What if you unplug your computer and then try to vacuum inside the case? Yes taking off all the fan grills that come with the case is a very good idea. And another good idea would to make a custom fan mount for a 120 in the front of the case. When it is where its normally supose to be(the front, blowing air straight) it is not blowing the air at an angle which can direct hot air better to the exhaust fans. Here's one that I did in my current case. It's a really simple mod that can get good airflow going in your case. Also this can be done with 2 80mm also, just fit the support for the fan to fit around a 80mm fan. But good deal with the wiring, airflow is very good when trying to keep everything cool to the touch PEACE __________________ Project: "Last me long time" [CPU]2.53(Celly D)@3.815[]1.385Vcore[] [MOBO]P5WD2-Premium [RAM]Geil 2x512 DDR2-667@334.5 MHZ[]{3-4-2-4}@2.0V [VIDEO]Rosewill 6600gt@570/1.05-Mhz [PSU]Fortron AX-500 Blue Storm [CASE]AMS gMONO{Black} [COOLING-PT.1]Zalman 7000cu w/ Delta[]{Lapped} [COOLING-PT.2]7 Reg. Case fans[]Custom Fan Mount's [TEMPURATURE]Ambient-34[]Idle-37[]Load-42.5 [Heatage]
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shellshock Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Claremore Oklahoma	ya, you really need to cut the front fan grills off, there restricting alot of airflow and cousing excess noise __________________ Heatware Ocforums metal club member #690 Folding for Team 32!
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04-02-05, 12:39 PM	#16
l3ored Member Join Date: Apr 2004	heh snake, i mounted my speakers the same way. except i have them mounted on the cieling, not the wall, and they point directly towards me. also i got 5.1. sweeeeet.
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04-04-05, 04:38 PM	Thread Starter #17
SolidxSnake Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Massachusetts, USA	okay, well you already have seen the front of my case, how bout behind the mobo?? http://community.webshots.com/photo/...14475124geMqdQ __________________ Too funny. When I logon to Windows, I press Ctrl+Alt+ELITE i7-2600 4001MHz @ 39x102.6~ASRock P67 Fatal1ty Professional~MSI N580GTX Lightning 1536MB @ 1000//2400 @ 1.149v~8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24~256GB Samsung 830 SSD and 60GB OCZ Vertex~2x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TBs in RAID1 ~BFG ES-800 PSU Custom Watercooling Loop \| Apogee GT, MCW82, MCP35x + Res, Thermochill PA120.2 and 120.3 (both rev1) Yate Loon D12SL-12s pull, 7/16"x5/8" MasterKleer, 100% Distilled Water with Iodine ---All encased in a Silverstone TJ07B-W Join in on the fun! Heatware OCForums Metal Club member #13224
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04-05-05, 02:10 AM	#18
illogical06 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: @ yo momma's house!	Really, i'd say screw a vacuum for the most part. Just buy a can of compressed air or two and blow the crap outta that pc from top to bottom. At the same time vaccum the dust that goes to the bottom and just repeat the process until satisfied. I highly doubt any vacuum on the market has the air pressure to suck all the tiny dust particles in tight spaces like a can of compressed air would be able to(it would blow it instead obviously). Thats my 2 cents for ya.
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04-21-05, 01:45 PM	#19
fatguy Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City	Just did some cleanup on my case: *WARNING: large image files http://www.teamghost.squadservers.co...ture%20036.jpg http://www.teamghost.squadservers.co...ture%20038.jpg __________________ HEATWARE
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04-21-05, 05:42 PM	#20
Muppetmower Registered Join Date: Apr 2005	Wow stunning case fatguy Yeah, flat IDE cables suck. Spend 6 bucks and get greater cooling.
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