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Leuf · 01-22-2002, 07:03 AM

Going through the p/s sounds like a good idea.

Now blowers ducted to the cpu heatsink, I've wanted to do that ever since I saw this:

http://www.approsystems.co.kr/image/1124_inside.jpg

It's a very elegant solution, but difficult to translate into a regular PC case. Usually the socket is oriented the other way. That makes the exhaust side easy to duct to the back of the case, but the intake side is blocked by the dimms, so as you say you have to come in at an angle. And if the socket were oriented the other way, it would be a challenge to duct the intake, though you might attach the blower directly to the mb side of the case if the p/s isn't in the way. Even still, then you have the exhaust blowing on the agp slot.

Something else that might be worth trying is a setup like the silverado (2 blowers blowing down on the hs) on a skived hs like the dynatrons. I'm wondering if all that's holding back their performance is the static pressure required to overcome the tight fin spacing, you have to slap a delta on them to get any performance and the delta isn't too happy about it. Now, I'm not suggesting that strapping 2 blowers to a massive copper hs and then hanging it off the 2 socket lugs is a good move

But if you laid the mobo horizontal and tape them on you could test the performance to see if it was worth pursuing. Most of the slot blowers out there claim 42 cfm, so potentially 84 cfm. If it outperforms a delta 38, then you just have to figure out how to mount the blowers to the chassis and duct the air to it.

01-22-2002, 07:03 AM	#17
Leuf Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 56	Going through the p/s sounds like a good idea. Now blowers ducted to the cpu heatsink, I've wanted to do that ever since I saw this: http://www.approsystems.co.kr/image/1124_inside.jpg It's a very elegant solution, but difficult to translate into a regular PC case. Usually the socket is oriented the other way. That makes the exhaust side easy to duct to the back of the case, but the intake side is blocked by the dimms, so as you say you have to come in at an angle. And if the socket were oriented the other way, it would be a challenge to duct the intake, though you might attach the blower directly to the mb side of the case if the p/s isn't in the way. Even still, then you have the exhaust blowing on the agp slot. Something else that might be worth trying is a setup like the silverado (2 blowers blowing down on the hs) on a skived hs like the dynatrons. I'm wondering if all that's holding back their performance is the static pressure required to overcome the tight fin spacing, you have to slap a delta on them to get any performance and the delta isn't too happy about it. Now, I'm not suggesting that strapping 2 blowers to a massive copper hs and then hanging it off the 2 socket lugs is a good move But if you laid the mobo horizontal and tape them on you could test the performance to see if it was worth pursuing. Most of the slot blowers out there claim 42 cfm, so potentially 84 cfm. If it outperforms a delta 38, then you just have to figure out how to mount the blowers to the chassis and duct the air to it.