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I use stainless extensively in my clockwork and I love it.Quote:
Originally posted by lynx@3 December 2003 - 19:09
The spelling and grammar here appals me too. :rolleyes:
Anyone got any stats on stainless steel?
I suspect it's properties for a case are going to be crap, but I know someone who can do the work if it's worthwhile.
Weight would be an issue.
Maybe an aluminum skeleton with stainless panels would be good.
What does your friend do with it?
clocker, u job doesn't look cheap. that case there at least 100. and ur radiator and other stuff gonna make another hundred or two. r u sure u got da dough?
I use stainless extensively in my clockwork and I love it.Quote:
Originally posted by clocker+5 December 2003 - 06:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 5 December 2003 - 06:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lynx@3 December 2003 - 19:09
The spelling and grammar here appals me too. :rolleyes:
Anyone got any stats on stainless steel?
I suspect it's properties for a case are going to be crap, but I know someone who can do the work if it's worthwhile.
Weight would be an issue.
Maybe an aluminum skeleton with stainless panels would be good.
What does your friend do with it? [/b][/quote]
My current case is all steel ATM, so switching to stainless wouldn't add that much weight if I stuck to the same guage. I was more interested in it's thermal properties.
My friend has a small stainless steel fabrication company. He's semi-retired now and his son more or less runs the company. I wouldn't be able to get access to equipment (hell, I'm lousy at metalwork anyway), but given a good set of drawings his company can make just about anything.
Your post about cooling the back of the motherboard took the wind out of my sails a little. You may recall I was thinking about mounting the hd on the reverse side of the mobo backplane, but if that's getting hot from the cpu it may not be too good.
Then your comments about having a sliding backplane gave me an idea - why not have two sliding backplanes with a gap between them. The extra backplane would be fitted the opposite way round and have the mounting points for hd's.
Then drill holes where you want cooling and mount a radial fan to blow air into the gap. This could provide cooling for both the hd's and the back of the mobo at the same time.
Comments?
It's a concept, lynx.
No way of knowing without trying it out unfortunately.
I think that skeletonizing (clock term for cutting away all unnecessary metal) the motherboard mounting wall might have a big impact without the need for a fan at all.