Marnomancer
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Hello friends!
It's summer time in this part of the world, and the need for good cooling has demanded acknowledgement again (Anyone who has lived in Texas knows what I'm talking about) :dead:
To satisfy those needs on air cooling, I've come up with a mod which I will be posting in some time.
Now comes the problem: The guide will be on a "works for me" basis. So how can I make it applicable for most people? To solve that problem (somewhat), I've got the option of a poll.
Here are the things which need to be considered:
1) Case pressure: Case pressure is the pressure co-efficient of your case's airflow. E.g. More intakes and less outlets create a positive pressure co-efficient, while less intakes and more outlets create negative case pressure. Note that this does not mean "all intakes, no outlets" or "all outlets, no intakes". It means intakes and outlets both working at different magnitudes.
Though this may appear irrelevant to some, this has a lot of effect on the rate at which heat is vacated from the case.
2)CPU Fan direction: This is a topic in which there is much disagreement. Some believe a fan blowing away from a CPU is better, some believe a fan blowing onto it is better. However, most modern systems have fans blowing onto the CPU. As this changes the airflow pattern in a case, it can fundamentally alter the scheme of my mod.
As always, I'm open to suggestions for improvement. Any poll options will be added as necessary.
Cheers! :grinthumb
It's summer time in this part of the world, and the need for good cooling has demanded acknowledgement again (Anyone who has lived in Texas knows what I'm talking about) :dead:
To satisfy those needs on air cooling, I've come up with a mod which I will be posting in some time.
Now comes the problem: The guide will be on a "works for me" basis. So how can I make it applicable for most people? To solve that problem (somewhat), I've got the option of a poll.
Here are the things which need to be considered:
1) Case pressure: Case pressure is the pressure co-efficient of your case's airflow. E.g. More intakes and less outlets create a positive pressure co-efficient, while less intakes and more outlets create negative case pressure. Note that this does not mean "all intakes, no outlets" or "all outlets, no intakes". It means intakes and outlets both working at different magnitudes.
Though this may appear irrelevant to some, this has a lot of effect on the rate at which heat is vacated from the case.
2)CPU Fan direction: This is a topic in which there is much disagreement. Some believe a fan blowing away from a CPU is better, some believe a fan blowing onto it is better. However, most modern systems have fans blowing onto the CPU. As this changes the airflow pattern in a case, it can fundamentally alter the scheme of my mod.
As always, I'm open to suggestions for improvement. Any poll options will be added as necessary.
Cheers! :grinthumb