
I'm sure I'm not the only one with more than one computer at/near my desk, and I've decided to take a holistic approach to cooling them.
Basic concept:
Wooden Chimney, approx 7 feet tall, ~14" on a side internally.
Starting from the bottom:
1. Intake
2. Filter
3. Sound baffle
4. 36cm fan
5. Suspended hard drives
6. Surface mounted motherboards with passive tower heatsinks
7. Sound baffle
8. Exhaust
Pretty simple, really. The concept is to create an acoustically isolated windtunnel, and put all the stuff in it. A very simple model of a single-computer version might look like this:
My first question is, where can I buy a really quiet 36cm fan?
I welcome any thoughts on this project before I begin in a week or so.