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[Gaul]

It is all good!!

Thanx m8 !

[patrock84]

@patrock84
what cpu cooler is it ?

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro C1!

My Rig:

[Jodiuh]

Corsair's AX 750 and F90 came to play.


Coolermaster Stacker 810 vs Fractal Design Define R3



Snuck the SSD up and out of the way. I'm actually using 5 Scythe SFLEX E's now, 2 in, 2 out, 1 cpu.

[Akrian]

Lol...actually before I bought Vantec Tornado + Vantec fan control panel for my old rig, I had a similar solution during summer for about 2 weeks. Only it was a Lasko-Multi-Purpose-Pivoting-Utility-Fan. And it got my North bridge, and Video card temps down by 35 degrees on speed 1 Now if I could find a giant case for it to fit after modding,and some noise canceling foam, I actually WOULD use this super mega fan instead of all of my side fans and xtra fans. Because the amount of air it pushes is amazing.

[InCredible]

@Jodiuh looks good...i almost went with that case in white but wasn't sure how id like it over the long haul because of dust but it does look great. I hope to be able to post a few pics soon as i finish my sleeving up..

[LedHed]

Wanted to show a little better picture of the cooler (Zalman VF3000F) that got me over 6k in 3D11:





I love this cooler keeps the GPU around 35C at idle and PCB below 30C (due to full coverage heat sink). At full load even over 900mhz on the core, the GPU never topped 75C.

[jedihobbit]

Yes the 3000 series seems to do a good job as the N on my 285 does an excellent job. The only issues I've heard is with the A as some people may have been less than gentle in removeing the stock cooler.

[LedHed]

very nice and I also find it cool you can do SLI with the cooler on certain boards.

Also the 480 is supposed to be one of the hottest GPUs ever and I rarely see it hit 70C in gaming at 1920x1200 in games like TDU 2 and Wings of Prey (soon to be Cliffs of Dover)

[Gaul]

BASE Archon CPU

[dalek]

You could have one heck of a job polishing cars.

[JamesWatt]

Here's mine with the side off.

[tiro_uspsss]

Here's mine with the side off.

nice ducting! what diff did it make in temps?

[LedHed]

that looks more restrictive than anything, assuming he has Optical/Hard Drives in those top bays.

it would be better if you just used the rear exhaust duct instead of the intake.

[tiro_uspsss]

that looks more restrictive than anything, assuming he has Optical/Hard Drives in those top bays.

it would be better if you just used the rear exhaust duct instead of the intake.

I beg to differ - there appears to be a white fan @ the front for intake

[ScottALot]

I beg to differ - there appears to be a white fan @ the front for intake

Good eye!

[LedHed]

I beg to differ - there appears to be a white fan @ the front for intake

When did I say there wasn't? I was pointing out he has optical drives and hard drives blocking that fan and he is cutting off all other air that fan would take in the case by restricting the CPU cooler intake to that one fan. The exhaust makes sense, but not the intake.

Also you can see the duct stops way before the fan, probably because of the drives... (see all those half circles, no duct)


To make it more clear without the intake duct he still gets the air from the front intake, but he also gets air from the top, bottom and side of the fan. The exhaust duct is a good idea to keep from recirculating hot air after being blown through the CPU cooler.

[JamesWatt]

nice ducting! what diff did it make in temps?

Thanks! The ducting dropped about 7 C off.

66 C: Silverstone FM121 front intake & rear exhaust
59 C: Duct with Silverstone FM121 front intake & rear exhaust

I beg to differ - there appears to be a white fan @ the front for intake

Good eye!

Good eye indeed! A picture from the front is attached.

More details are here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=269398

[tiro_uspsss]

When did I say there wasn't? I was pointing out he has optical drives and hard drives blocking that fan and he is cutting off all other air that fan would take in the case by restricting the intake to that one fan. The exhaust makes sense, but not the intake.

Also you can see the duct stops way before the fan, probably because of the drives... (see all those half circles, no duct)


To make it more clear without the intake duct he still gets the air from the front intake, but he also gets air from the top, bottom and side of the fan. The exhaust duct is a good idea to keep from recirculating hot air after being blown through the CPU cooler.

I see no HDDs or ODDs blocking anything.. I dont see either full stop.. I dont even see SATA or IDE cable(s)

[tiro_uspsss]

Thanks! The ducting dropped about 7 C off.

66 C: Silverstone FM121 front intake & rear exhaust
59 C: Duct with Silverstone FM121 front intake & rear exhaust





Good eye indeed! A picture from the front is attached.

More details are here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=269398

nice results
I always have thought that proper ducting is an under-valued, & unfortunately, not so common practice
should do it more myself

[LedHed]

Good choice in fans btw, I own 4 FM121's

could you please tell us where your HD is? Also you have no optical drive at all? External maybe?

[JamesWatt]

Good choice in fans btw, I own 4 FM121's

could you please tell us where your HD is? Also you have no optical drive at all? External maybe?

I was crushed when I accidentally put the front fan grill on backwards and lost a fin on one of my FM121s today. More business for newegg I guess.

While my optical drive is external, my HD is hiding in the wire zoo at the bottom of my case.

[LedHed]

gotcha, have you considered enclosing the gaps around the front FM121? Black foam rubber would do the job.


I have also broken a FM121 and it is a sad moment in your computing history as they are around $20(US) each.

BTW if you are interested in colder air, click the link in my signature.

[JamesWatt]

gotcha, have you considered enclosing the gaps around the front FM121? Black foam rubber would do the job.

Good idea. I hadn't thought of that--I'll try it out.

The two main ways forward I have been thinking about are:

1) how to cool the air before the PC takes it in, and
2) how to create a big difference in pressure between the front and back of the duct, causing air to flow through it faster.

Any ideas how to do these?

[LedHed]

one question I had is why can't you bring the duct closer? If you can't fit the full size you could step it down to 120mm then tape it up (inspired by my work with muscle car exhaust)

BTW that is the exact same mobo and CPU I'm building for my brother, he works in NASCAR as a test engineer for one of the teams and needs an AutoCAD rig. Their work laptops have the mobile i7s in them to calculate tire and fuel data ASAP.

[JamesWatt]

one question I had is why can't you bring the duct closer? If you can't fit the full size you could step it down to 120mm then tape it up (inspired by my work with muscle car exhaust)

BTW that is the exact same mobo and CPU I'm building for my brother, he works in NASCAR as a test engineer for one of the teams and needs an AutoCAD rig. Their work laptops have the mobile i7s in them to calculate tire and fuel data ASAP.

What do you mean by bringing the duct closer?

You made a good choice--this motherboard/CPU pairing has been great to me so far. That sounds like an awesome gig that your brother has. I am tangling with similar issues on a much smaller scale--another project of mine is trying to make an RC car go as fast as possible (I strapped my phone, with its GPS, into the car so that I can have a good speedometer). If you would connect me up to him (james.wattsa@gmail.com), I would love to ask him some questions.