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- Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:43 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The Role of Convection in PC Cooling
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8990
While we are on the subject of silent cooling practises that are against what is normally done... I have a heavy medium tower: 80 lbs after insulation. 3/8" foam on 1/4" neoprene on 1/64" aluminum on 1/8" "chickenwire" neoprene on a 0.7mm steel case. I initially had the airflow as is normally recomm...
- Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:09 pm
- Forum: Notebook Systems
- Topic: My new Apple 12" iBook G4 1Ghz is extremely quiet!!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12733
- Fri Aug 06, 2004 6:26 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: NCU-2000
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12484
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:38 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: 40C case temp
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3642
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:02 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Buying Seagate 200 drive, short on time!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16114
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:09 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Suggestions to make case air flow better
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6991
Re: Suggestions to make case air flow better
I bought the Neo Classic by GMC which happens to be the very case that Mike C said was not designed well for air flow. I bought a chilli aluminum 1/4" pro case which is even smaller than the neo classic. You got plenty of space to work with, and it seems that things are stable. Wait till I get my c...
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:25 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: stock fan swap for amd
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2577
However, the fan will be farther away from the heatsink and CPU and thus must work harder (i.e. spin faster) than if you have one right on top of the heatsink. So cooling efficiency goes down. For best results, I suggest you get a new HSF with an 80mm unit (or larger) and larger heatsink. The actua...
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:14 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: NCU-2000
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12484
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:55 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Dremel (Rotary) Tool Recommendation?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10596
- avoid using the cutting wheel if possible :) :D what do you use then? I use my friends old Gorton mill. For surfacing, I bought him a 2" fly cutter. Old and beat-up, but the auto-feed still works, even if you always have to check for pitch/yaw of the head. He actually has a surface grinder too, b...
- Mon Aug 02, 2004 6:49 am
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: Using a Zener Diode to slow PSU fan *pictures*
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6597
- Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:29 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anyone used Chilli Pro ATX Al case before?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5478
*bump* for some pics. I love the aesthetics, but how did you get your motherboard to fit :shock: with the stamped thingy in there. If you mean the back panel, it is removable. The whole case can be taken apart into panels. Makes working on the pieces very easy. Since it is all screws, its not for f...
- Tue Jul 27, 2004 11:15 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anyone used Chilli Pro ATX Al case before?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5478
bchung: PICS! After submitting my last post I started to think of ways to optimize that case...and remembered that I have a 200W Shuttle PS laying around. Not that I would use it, but the size of Shuttle's XPC PSUs could work well up high in that case. If I only still had mine - also have a mATX bo...
- Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:22 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Overall best case
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4962
- Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:30 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anyone used Chilli Pro ATX Al case before?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5478
i have one. yes, it is quite a chore to work with. i've gotten used to it. So I basically I've been going through the list of mods I listed in OP. 0. I didn't actually remove the grill, I covered it with some 1/16" aluminum sheet. Cut a slot at the top of the rear panel and put a VERY slow "slot ex...
- Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:52 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: New method to greatly reduce noise from PSUs (No WCing :D)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4858
That was the first mod I had in mind when I got my Chilli pro case. Using the 1/8" Aluminum panels as heatsinks for the isolated FETs. There is a 5V 120mm on the CPU sink inside the case and 2 slow squirrel cage fans. One squirrel cage at the top to vent the hot air at the top of the case. The other...
- Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:53 pm
- Forum: Power Supplies
- Topic: Has anyone tried reversing the rear 80mm fan?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1986
- Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:01 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anyone used Chilli Pro ATX Al case before?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5478
Thanks for the input Ralf. BUT, I'm still went ahead and got it for $64 shipped on fleabay. Since its got those lovely large thick aluminum sides, I'm toying with: - Replacing the plastic base with an aluminum one. Make an aluminum wedge to bridge the CPU to the new base, with maybe a small peltier ...
- Sat Jul 17, 2004 9:28 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Anyone used Chilli Pro ATX Al case before?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5478
Anyone used Chilli Pro ATX Al case before?
Has anyone tried this case? Granted not all mobos will fit due to I/O plate. But nothing a dremel won't fix. Note that the base is plastic and the rear plate appears to be thin steel. Review here with link to e-tailer. Intro: Thick as hell anodized solid aluminum construction (except base) PSU on bo...
- Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:16 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: The least expensive, most effective noise reduction solution
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3032
Re: The least expensive, most effective noise reduction solu
Lol just got to remember to take them out when your talking to someone.humberfut wrote:
- Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:04 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Silly - sound damping with silly-putty?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4940
Pretty sure you don't need the silly putty to be hot for it to flow. Its a viscoelastic shear thickening fluid. So if you throw it at a wall, it will bounce back at you like solid rubber. If you let it sit on a flat surface, it will spread to covered the surface, like a liquid. Probably not the kind...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 5:24 pm
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: Project Watercooled HDD - Improved ZFZ model - err...maybe?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7502
It is generally regarded the main paths of conduction from a HD are from the sides. But come to think of it, I never did a controlled experiment to prove it.TheDarkHacker wrote:accually it is my understanding that most of the hard drive heat emittes from the top and bottom. i may be wrong but i dont know
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Hotter = Slower???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8119
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 10:29 am
- Forum: The Silent Front
- Topic: Advantages to a Quiet PC?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19274
Personally, I find that it is a quality statement. Higher quality items tend to work better and less intrusively. Just like a Swatch doesn't sound, look or feel like a Patek Philippe. It just so happens that the highest quality in PCs aren't available in a form that is acceptable to most folks on SP...
- Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:20 am
- Forum: Watercooling
- Topic: How much radiation is enough?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6842
Ok, about these heatercores. Is there someplace online where you can just buy them? I'm interested in the "putting it together" part of this project, but not really the "hunt down the parts and mod the case" part of the project. I included the dangerden link because it was the only place I've seen ...