Don't know about that. I'll probably clean up the edges the next time I have the case apart. FWIW....the fan is not mounted directly on the case. I used the shells of two old 80mm fans to space the fan further inside the case. Then on the back-side of the fan, I mounted the shroud off a Zalman 5700....

Heh....I can answer that last question about free-flow. I have that fan you see blowing directly on an Alpha heatsink through a shroud. The alpha had no fan during the tests....just the air blowing from the rear fan. I used a constant velosity fan @2400rpm. I measured the cpu temp (internal diode, a...

Ok I put the picts in a Yahoo Photo album.

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bluefront100

You're the second person who cannot see the pictures. Don't have a clue what's wrong. I used the link above (theforumisdown.com) to host the pictures. The pictures load fine for me at three different locations. Using XP pro, IE6.0. Try my test photo posted in the test section. These are little photo...

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/bluefront100/vwp?.dir=/My+Photos&.src=ph&.dnm=outside.jpg&.view=t&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/bc/bluefront100/lst%3f%26.dir=/My%2bPhotos%26.src=ph%26.view=t Here's the Power Care filter #165-036 installed on the rear of an Antec 2600. The rear case port is 80mm. You c...

Gdog....I suppose those Bounce sheets are better than nothing, but we get back to the surface area thing. Simply not enough. If they're effective enough to filter out dust, they'll clog quickly. Then there's the sound factor which I never even mentioned. If you put a filter of any sort right next to...

OK...here's the "secret" of my filters. I found them all at Home Depot in the lawn and Garden section. These are lawn-mower filters. They come in many different sizes, so you can measure the available space you have...then find one that fits. The hard fit is the front case fan, behind the front cove...

I've experimented with different filter setups, different types. What I discovered is the standard little foam pad most setups use, is way too restrictive, even for a slow-speed fan. Not to mention it doesn't stop the fine dust that coats everything. I have a very dusty house, mostly due to pets (pa...

If you run the fans fast enough, you'd be right. But with low-speed fans to maintain the quiet, the positive pressure is greatly reduced. Thus I had to seal everything to maintain the pressure. Also, unless you run the computer 24/7, which I don't, dust can get in with the computer just sitting ther...

Well I want to keep the dust out of my case, off the innards. Clean parts are easier to cool. Here's what I've done so far... Closed off all the vent ports except for the front case fan and the rear case fan. Sealed around the drive openings with thin felt tape. Sealed around all the openings till I...

I'm certain many new methods of CPU cooling will appear. But I'm suggesting something most people could apply to their own computers, right now...for very little cost. If somebody would come up with a universal kit, a few adaptors for various sized rear fan ports....more of us would use the method. ...

I wonder if people ever test these devices before they try to sell them? A simple test would prove this thing would raise your computer temperatures to dangerous levels.

You just cannot funnel the output of an 80mm fan down to 1/3 or less and expect it to work properly. It won't.......

The coolest air most of us have available for CPU cooling is outside the case. Your case fans blow this air into your computer. Why not take this one step further? Blow the cool air directly on the CPU heatsink by ductwork, a shroud, or some other method. The new Dell computers I've taken apart do j...

Well I've had a similar setup running for over a year. I raised the computer with some file cabinet castor wheels. Cut a hole for an 80mm fan mounted inside the case blowing upward. Put a pleated paper filter from a lawnmower over the hole on the outside. This computer sits on carpet, and this lower...

Well I've got an Antec SmartPower 300w. No problems. Gigabyte 667Ultra. Samsung 512DDR Celeron 2.0 2 80mm case fans 4 60mm hard drive fans 1 60mm cpu fan 1 40mm chipset fan 2 Maxtor 7200 hard drives 1 Samsung cdr/dvd drive 1 Panasonic dvd-r/ram drive 1 internal multi-card reader 1 firewire pci card ...

This system works....running it now on a Celeron2.0 sitting on a Gigabyte 667 Ultra, with an Alpha 8942 heatsink. Should the main cooling system fail, or the CPU start to overheat for any reason, the secondary system starts up and the CPU is saved. Here's the specs. The main system cooler is actuall...

Well I guess I should take some pics, but I'm not 100% finished. When I think it's done, I'll get some posted. To answer the filter question.....both front and rear fans blow into the case. This is called a positive pressure setup, and is intended to keep the case as clean as possible. For the front...

Yeah I saw your setup....very nice. But my 2600 has every slot filled, duct-work to channel fresh air to the cpu, a DigitalDoc5 with all eight sensor wires attached everywhere, a set of hard drives in a cage sitting on the bottom, foam sound deadening stuffed everywhere. Hell you can hardly find the...

You know I too was wondering about the non-removable top and right side on my 2600. But when you look at it closely you see how much more sturdy, solid and less vibration-prone the riveted-together one pice top and side makes the whole case. The setup IMHO greatly adds to the quietness of the case.

Heh....I'm well aware I did two things at once. But it's the end result that interests me, not the scientific method involved. If the S.M.A.R.T. sensor is on the bottom of the drive, it stands to reason a small fan blowing on the sensor will show lower temps...but not necessarily cooling off the who...

Update.....so I flipped the two drives upside-down, and mounted an PCToys Airmax cooler on each drive. These have two little fans on each cooler. They are somewhat noisy. But the temps dropped dramatically. The drives were running at 45c at an idle....now they'e running at 34c. I'm going to wire the...

FWIW...You can buy stuff virtually identical to Dynamat at a large hardware store. This is roofing material stuff and comes in rolls about 8" wide. Buying one roll....about 25 feet, will do several computers at about 1/5 the cost of Dynamat. The stuff is sold under many brand names....It is sticky t...

Well thanks for the response.....and I know most people report temps around 45c. I cannot hear either of these two Maxtor drives at all, so sound is not a factor. However, hard drive failure is becoming more and more common. Manufactures have reduced the warranty down to one year. With larger drives...

My two Maxtor drives are mounted in an alum cage sitting on the bottom of the case, on an acoustic mat in front of an 80mm front case fan which is blowing on the drives. To lessen the noise this fan is running about 1600rpm. S.M.A.R.T. temp measurements using speed fan and HDD temperature utilities ...

Actually beige colored drives go very well with the grey metallic. Since you'll probably be using it with the door closed, I wouldn't mess with changing color.

Sorry no pics yet. But it looks a lot like the pic in Ginta's post. Except you see a triple depth fan with the shroud on the end of it. The shroud gives a 90 degree bend to the airflow. It's opening is slightly bigger than the Alpha heatsink, so a small amount of the airflow hits the chipset, as wel...

Well I've got an Antec 2600....very similar to the 3700. The color is actually a medium metalic gray, and very pretty. Almost an automotive finish. The door actually keeps down the noise, but it's a close fit to the front of the drives. I suppose you could mount your device a little further back so ...

I'm using one of these ducts on my new rig. I bought the duct with the fan and heatsink at CompUSA.....but I'm only using the duct. It apparently can be attached to any 80mm fan. I attached the duct to the rear case fan on my Antec 2600 case. In order to get the flow right on the cpu, I cut the guts...