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wiring disaster
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:15 pm
by yeha
i don't think this could be classed as a quiet rig (12 fans and all), but i noticed this ocforums thread today and had to share. it made me shudder.
http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php?p= ... ostcount=1
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:33 pm
by ilh
What are all those wires for?!?
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 3:38 pm
by StarfishChris
It's probably one long wire that glows red from the heat (= extra bling).
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:01 pm
by wsc
I'm having a hard time resisting the urge to join that forum for the sole purpose of giving some "friendly pointers"
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:12 pm
by yeha
well the entire thread is
here - apparently that mess is for 12 fans, 3 cold cathode tubes and the inverters they run off.
several people gave suggestions, but i don't know what ended up happening. i just find the fan placements hilarious - there are 12 in there somewhere, presumably trapped inside the nest of wires.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:35 pm
by Green Shoes
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:59 am
by dvsOasis
With so many wires there, he needs the extra fans to counter-act the lack of good airflow in the case. He should drop most of the fans, or start splicing them in parallel.
If they were all undervolted, I wonder how good the airflow is...probably wouldn't be too loud
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:25 pm
by jeg7732
I was trying to find the hardware. Barely can find it in that mess. lol Almost looks like he just dumped a bowl of wires into it.
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:04 pm
by edz
Nice pictures of his 9800 Also apparenly has not 12 but 19 fans in there
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:13 pm
by mathias
If those overclockers have to use brute force cooling so much, why not just have one gigantic fan blowing air in from the side?
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It has to be a massive corporate conspiracy!
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:40 pm
by Mar.
mathias wrote:If those overclockers have to use brute force cooling so much, why not just have one gigantic fan blowing air in from the side?
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It has to be a massive corporate conspiracy!
I've actually tried that. As an experiment, I pulled off the side panel and aimed a very large, very fast, VERY LOUD pedestal fan directly into the computer... Had to be pushing a million CFM or more... lol.
I don't know if it worked or not, because the sonic boom from the fan blades knocked me out...
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:58 pm
by yeha
actually elsewhere on the forum a user fitted his case with an 1100 cfm ebm-papst monster - it completely emptied his case of dust, but the temperatures were the same as before the mod. there are apparently a few users there who've sought out 240mm and larger fans.
it got me thinking that i could start pulling radiator fans out of junked cars (1000+ cfm usually, and they run off 12vdc) and selling them to overclockers for $50+.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:58 am
by ilh
Hmm...maybe I should try my 2hp, 1200CFM woodshop dust collector.
Silent it is NOT.
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:38 pm
by mathias
yeha wrote:actually elsewhere on the forum a user fitted his case with an 1100 cfm ebm-papst monster - it completely emptied his case of dust, but the temperatures were the same as before the mod.
Wow, I got a good temperature drop when I casually tried aiming a room fan at an opened PC.
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:53 am
by Splinter
Back in the day, when I was an overclocker, I'd have 8 fans just because I could. More fans = more fast, plus you can tell people 'My computer is so overclocked, I have 8 fans'
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:28 am
by peteamer
(I know he doesn't need it... but) I'm
amazed he hasn't got a fan on his northbridge as well... opportunity missed there I reckon