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Originally Posted by maxSaleen
Ducting air can be very effective at managing airflow/noise/heat dissipation. The problem lies in the fact that most ducting is unique to each case and radiator placement within the case. Cath's goal was build a radiator optimized for any placement within a case with certain perameters regarding noise and heat dissipation.
edit: you have a point though, slicey. When properly implemented, ducting can provide high airflow with minimal noise (think of the a/c system in a house). The problem lies in mass integration.
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I was actually talking about a stand alone rad box. in order to construct an enclosure w/ internal ducting and doing so by following the basic dos and don'ts of ducting w/ inline fan of the size i'm using or even w 4" fans, requires a huge box!
my bad for overlooking the fact cather wants this setup mounted in PC. memory is crappy, but thought i read few pages back, cather commented that a member's rad box looked like his?
don't think exactly like that of an a/c system in a house, though. you don,t want the air velocity in the ducting to move too fast. that only increases friction and raises system impedance. i think that info is in one of the links i posted.
i tried adding some excellent reading to my post called,
IMPROVING FAN SYSTEM PERFORMANCE: A SOURCEBOOK FOR INDUSTRY but the file is like 1.7MB. great reading, though