The ultimate quiet fan cooled case design?
Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:01 am
OK, I'm thinking like this: The more area across which you're pushing air, the quieter it is. (For example, 4 fans at 5v is a lot quieter than 1 fan at 12v for the same CFM.)
So you'd like to put a 160mm or a 240mm fan on your CPU HS if possible.
Well, that may not be practical.
So then you should use positive or negative *case pressure* to push/pull air through your HS. You can produce whatever level of airflow desired if you have enough case fans, the case is sealed, and the only exit from the case is through the CPU heatsink duct.
The nice thing about doing this is that your case is physically big, and has room to mount a great number/size of low-speed fans, possibly.
The only objection I see is that fans (particularly propellor type fans) will lose a lot of airflow if fighting pressure. Hence, you'd need a wide duct with low impedance as your HS/case exit duct. This implies you're using a big heatsink, like a Zalman 7000.
Or use blowers. Lots of quiet low-speed blowers.
thoughts anyone? Has this been thoroughly thrashed out elsewhere?
the wesson
So you'd like to put a 160mm or a 240mm fan on your CPU HS if possible.
Well, that may not be practical.
So then you should use positive or negative *case pressure* to push/pull air through your HS. You can produce whatever level of airflow desired if you have enough case fans, the case is sealed, and the only exit from the case is through the CPU heatsink duct.
The nice thing about doing this is that your case is physically big, and has room to mount a great number/size of low-speed fans, possibly.
The only objection I see is that fans (particularly propellor type fans) will lose a lot of airflow if fighting pressure. Hence, you'd need a wide duct with low impedance as your HS/case exit duct. This implies you're using a big heatsink, like a Zalman 7000.
Or use blowers. Lots of quiet low-speed blowers.
thoughts anyone? Has this been thoroughly thrashed out elsewhere?
the wesson