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Originally Posted by ira-k
Thats some beautiful country there..  ..Looks a lot like it does here with the hills and tree's. I'll have to take some pic's next time I'm out.
I see you have a rough job there..  ..  ..Looks like fun! |
Yeah it's fun for the most part. Working with something that actually interests you is a big deal for me. I've had my share of crap jobs in the past. I'm amazed over how many people that voluntarily shows up at a job they hate for years and get stuck there for the rest of their lives. It's not all about money IMO.
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Originally Posted by Hindsight
This is a great worklog, I just found it. I have been thinking about doing something similar for a while now but it wouldn't be as beautiful or elaborate as this because I'm too impatient and my skills with woodworking aren't to your level!!
Kicking it around in my head a while, I haven't been able to decide where I want the fans. It seems there are two options: 1 - The way you have it now where the fans are mounted to a shroud directly on the radiators. The pros to this are that it will be very quiet. The cons are that the air is going to have to be accelerated through open spaces and make a few turns before it gets into and outside of the cabinet. 2 - Have it configured as a blow-through type setup where the air never has to make any turns... more like a wind tunnel. Obviously this would mean it wouldn't be nearly as quiet since the noise from the fans would have a clear path outside the unit without much chance for sound absorption.
You have big rads and nice fans with a lot of static pressure so that should obviously help to overcome the airflow resitrictions. I'm definitely going to keep up with this build and will be very curious to see how quiet it is, and how the radiators cool while inside the box. It would be really cool to see you do a temperature comparison run where the radiators are just sitting on your desk with the fans mounted on them (as they are now), vs having them running in the box.
Oh, one last thought.... since the intake and exhaust vents are on the same side of the cabinet, are you at all concerned about the hot exhaust air being drawn into the intake? Maybe some little deflectors might help that? Just thinking out loud....
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The woodwork is courtesy of CyberDruid as well as the filters and rad frame/mounts so you'll have to give the credit to him. I just slapped on some glossy stuff.
It helps putting sound deadening materials in the line of fire, for sure.
I don't consider airflow as a big issue here, given the size of the intake/exhaust vents. I remember CyberDruid thought about this alot and I was like: C'mon dude.
The box also serves as a plenum chamber, kinda, so the airfeed is sufficient enough. Especially considering the rad size. The fans would work harder if the vents were alot smaller resulting in a higher airspeed through the vents and more noise though. I'm pretty confident that I can run this setup passive, with good temps, when doing smaller tasks like browsing etc. I'm going to try that, for sure. I could also take the sidepanels off while testing. That would pretty much be like an open air test.
I'm not concerned about the exhaust at all. The rads are so overkill that the air going out vs air in will be maybe 1C hotter. Not a big deal.
Yess, I'm in the modders sphere again. Give me some pneumatic tools and I swear to God I'll cut something.
Take a looksie:
This is the third plate, the other two went crackhead on me. The reason for the other two cracking was basically my impatience and rough handling. Here's pretty much how it's gonna be.
Here's the reason to why I went for the long barbs. Easier to spot any potential leaks.
Making a fan bracket.
Bays are overrated. I never have more than two HDDs and one optical drive. The fancontroller will also go overboard on this project. I'm going for silent casefans instead.
Going low instead. Plus, the case will be sitting on my right so I figured an optical drive facing me would be kinda neat.
Imagine these a bit lower with a little bit above the case itself.
More soon!
