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- May 25, 2001
This is a somewhat large undertaking.....but I was exited and somewhat motivated to do this project. Normally I couldent give a rats *** about something if it didnt work right. But this is my pc. Very expensive equpiment. And I want to test out my engineering abilities(ok so im 18 but itll be fun...) So my old k6-2 550 ram at 107....i had four fans....2 80mm...one in lower front sucking air in and one behind cpu sucking air out. One cooler master on the cpu and a hard drive cooler woth no hard drive in it to blow in air under the cpu. I cant complain. But when I got my 900mhz athalon....i saw temps of 135. I was pissed. I called the guy who sold me the mobo and cpu(and yes...he is a great computer expert too) and he told me 130 was fine. Im not going to take it. Someone told me that over130 was unacceptable. Dammit i want 110...hell i want 100. And I think I can do it too. First off...Im ditching the lameo 80mms i have that i took from old power supplies. I have a piggyback fan setup that I bought with the mobo. I threw on a heatsink twice as large and added the two fans...i noticed a few degrees f cooler....but 131f is TOO MUCH. Here are my plans. I plan on getting 3 120mm badasses. Im cutting out a large portion of the inside metal of the front of my case and making a sort of grill for the plastic and painting it so it doesnt look crappy(im very asthetic). Im mounting one of the 120mms in there. Then I have to yet again cut out a chunk out of the back area behind the cpu for exhaust. Ill leave in my hard drive cooler with no hard drive to let air in through the front under my cd rom. This idea had been going through my mind all day at work. THEN walking home I got a GREAT idea that was inspired by the duct cooling article here. My idea is to cut out room for a 120mm on the side of my case right along side the proc. Then I plan on having the 120mm blowing in air down into a channeled area right over..yup you guessed it...the processor. I think if its airtight (i plan on using cardboard and duct tape) then it will shove and ungoldy amount of fresh air right over that steaming cpu. Im still considering exhaust....and i dont know what i should do about that. Any coments or suggestions would be appreciated. Also later tonight(cause im an insomniac...staying up all night reading posts here) im going to take some cardboard and seal up the space between the two fans to make it more efficient. Any comments on that would also be welcome. Tell Me if you guys think it will work and give me any advice....i need as much as i can get.