Air Cooling

[Virtualbody1234]

Time to move into an igloo.

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@31 January 2004 - 21:18
Time to move into an igloo.

By tomorrow night I should have snowbanks right outside my window.

We know how handy they can be....

[tesco]

clocker i thought you said that your first computer was a emachines? this one looks like one somebody built.

plus i did an experiment today, i wanted to try out teh computer outside (in my garage which is pretty cold but no wind) to see what kind of temps i would get, but once i got out there to start setting up my computer i got too cold and luckily i hadnt setup to muc and just took it back inside kind of upset that i couldnt do it but then got teh idea to try it out in my laundry room (which has a vent going straight outside and thas cold air coming straight into the dryer lol) so i unhooked the vent pipe and opened up the computer then put the vent blowing air onto my cpu, and started her up. I got pretty good temps, around 10-15c runnign folding@home, not too bad, i dont think enough cold air was blowing through when i tried it (-4c outside).

overall not too bad, is this sortof what you are doing? (except not gonna be in a laundry room lol)

[Virtualbody1234]

Isn't that an MSI motherboard?

[clocker]

overall not too bad, is this sortof what you are doing? (except not gonna be in a laundry room lol)

Precisely.

Isn't that an MSI motherboard?

No, it's a Biostar.

clocker i thought you said that your first computer was a emachines? this one looks like one somebody built.

My first comp was an eMachines.
This was the first case that I built up. I kept it for about 3 months and then began my ill-advised love affair with the Xaser.
Life has been hell ever since.
My advice...never fall for cheap perfume.

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by clocker@1 February 2004 - 00:59

overall not too bad, is this sortof what you are doing? (except not gonna be in a laundry room lol)

Precisely.

Isn't that an MSI motherboard?

No, it's a Biostar.

clocker i thought you said that your first computer was a emachines? this one looks like one somebody built.

My first comp was an eMachines.
This was the first case that I built up. I kept it for about 3 months and then began my ill-advised love affair with the Xaser.
Life has been hell ever since.
My advice...never fall for cheap perfume.

Or flashy clothing, or large bays, or the ability to get a nice big peep on whats on the inside.

[SciManAl]

Hehehehe, i knew you could do it clocker, hareness the power of the friggen cold air...
Biostars are rock solid cheap mobos that never fail, but fail to harness the full potential power of the componets... I like them, for server comps etc...

Sounds like a plan stan, go for it, show us some readings... Take your time, HAVE PHUN!!!

See ya in 5 hours

[clocker]

Here are some pics of Muffin's new skin...

First the front.
Multiple fans of course....all set up as exhausts.
The two 80mm's are pulling air over the HDD which has the two lowest drive bays all to itself.
The two little 50mm's are sucking air from the very top of the lower floppy bay which is where the PSU is mounted.
Lower down, visible through the grillwork, is the 120mm hole that is the main vent for the PSU. If necessary I can mod the front bezel and install a fan here, but so far the exhaust air isn't really very hot so I'm gonna ride with it as it is.

Now for the side...

Difficult to photograph well...especially when you are a no-nothing camera wise.
Besides the obvious major Muffin fan panel ( which I'm sure my vid card is just lovin), I'm quite proud of the PSU setup. The circuit board is mounted vertically on the outside (visible) bay wall, which leaves the heatsinks parallel to the floor and easily able to be cooled by the two 80mm fans mounted on the bay back.
The camera is a cruel mistress...in actuality, the wiring is pretty neat, not the disorganized nest that it looks like in the pic.

I have two filler panels left to make...I ran out of Sintra and will have to scrounge some more tomorrow.
I also have to check out what kind of ducting I want to use so I can make the appropriate sized holes in the left sidepanel to feed the Muffins.
With the right sidepanel installed and the left one off I am Folding at 32°C. When the furnace goes into sleep mode ( at 10PM) I expect that those temps will go down.

After I clean up my disaster area workspace and take a day or so off to rest and gather some baseline data, I'll build the window fanpanel and install some outside ducting and then we shall see...

[DWk]

That looks like Morpheus's Neb.

Well done, my friend B)

[SciManAl]

Very pretty!