As it's my first post, please excuse my off the wall-ness...
lol.. Here we go.. The idea just came to me and is NOWHERE NEAR BEING PERFECTED....
Ingredients:
24" Box Fan ... estimated $25-50
24" x 24" 3M Air Filter .... estimated $15
Auton Raise-Lower Type Lift... Model 1000... dunno how much...
http://www.auton.com/content/gallery/computer.html
4 panels of 24" x 24" Auralex Acoustic Foam...
Okay so.... The computer case is a cube shape... Dimensions are 24" x 24"
Disclaimer: Please excuse my deviation from standard punctuation, etc.. Typing as the idea develops..
There is an inner case (more of a chassis, "suspended" by some supporting method, in the center of the case.... THINK OF THE COMPUTER FROM THE MOViE "PI").. this will hold the actual computer components, but will be horizontally mounted, so the cpu is facing upwards.. a giant (active?) heatsink would be nice...
At the back of the cube is the box fan (directing air out of the shell)...
The front of the case would comprise of the air filter, which would be inserted, from one side (think central air filter), into a frame... The very front of the case and filter would be covered with metal grating (think chrome automotive style gridwork)...
The bottom, sides, and top of the case would be made of thick gauge steel plating (maybe wood, for better acoustic nature)...
So, then we have the lift platform... The lift platform, refer to the second picture of the link above, would support an inner cube (which would be lined with the auralex)....
Air is pulled through:
The front grating,
The air filter,
accross the "open air" (aka hacked up) computer chassis,
into the possible second air filter,
into and through the fan,
out the back grating and into the room....
Ah.. Who knows... Now that I think about it, just mount the 5.25 drives, usb, firewire, etc, on the side or top... or something... or maybe build a seperate chamber at the top, just to house them... Which would have the drives and i/o mounted horizontally (drives side by side) at the very top of the front of the case... of course the ide cables would have to be quite long.. hmmm
Okay.. enough ranting... I'll try to draw a picture, if anyone cares for me to further explain...
Cool place.. Glad to be here...
-Peritus
lol.. Here we go.. The idea just came to me and is NOWHERE NEAR BEING PERFECTED....
Ingredients:
24" Box Fan ... estimated $25-50
24" x 24" 3M Air Filter .... estimated $15
Auton Raise-Lower Type Lift... Model 1000... dunno how much...
http://www.auton.com/content/gallery/computer.html
4 panels of 24" x 24" Auralex Acoustic Foam...
Okay so.... The computer case is a cube shape... Dimensions are 24" x 24"
Disclaimer: Please excuse my deviation from standard punctuation, etc.. Typing as the idea develops..
There is an inner case (more of a chassis, "suspended" by some supporting method, in the center of the case.... THINK OF THE COMPUTER FROM THE MOViE "PI").. this will hold the actual computer components, but will be horizontally mounted, so the cpu is facing upwards.. a giant (active?) heatsink would be nice...
At the back of the cube is the box fan (directing air out of the shell)...
The front of the case would comprise of the air filter, which would be inserted, from one side (think central air filter), into a frame... The very front of the case and filter would be covered with metal grating (think chrome automotive style gridwork)...
The bottom, sides, and top of the case would be made of thick gauge steel plating (maybe wood, for better acoustic nature)...
So, then we have the lift platform... The lift platform, refer to the second picture of the link above, would support an inner cube (which would be lined with the auralex)....
Air is pulled through:
The front grating,
The air filter,
accross the "open air" (aka hacked up) computer chassis,
into the possible second air filter,
into and through the fan,
out the back grating and into the room....
Ah.. Who knows... Now that I think about it, just mount the 5.25 drives, usb, firewire, etc, on the side or top... or something... or maybe build a seperate chamber at the top, just to house them... Which would have the drives and i/o mounted horizontally (drives side by side) at the very top of the front of the case... of course the ide cables would have to be quite long.. hmmm
Okay.. enough ranting... I'll try to draw a picture, if anyone cares for me to further explain...
Cool place.. Glad to be here...
-Peritus