Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:49 pm Post subject: Custom Wind Tunnel for better cooling?
I've seen some people making custom heatsinks trying to get better cooling. I was wondering why someone doesn't make a custom Wind Tunnel that seals the gaps and also goes completely over the GPU heatsink. People have been doing this mod with Electrical tape and Cardboard and such.
I think it would be cool if XCM or someone came out with a custom wind tunnel that helped direct the air over the heatsinks with their Core Cooler V2 fans or something like that.
I don't like the idea of adding cardboard over my GPU but I might use some aluminum sheet metal or something like that. Once I get all my parts together I'm going to put something together to get the air flow better over the GPU and CPU.
I've considered removing the DVD drive and putting it in it's own case and molding it into the top of the case that would improve cooling quite a bit I think. Only problem is I was planning on using a clear case. Maybe I'll cut a custom window out so you can see the LED's and stuff I'm not sure yet. _________________________________________________________ Just picked up a Falcon HDMI console to fix and mod...
i did that once i used Plexiglas and made a entirely new tunnel that had a much better fit to the fans and the heat sinks.i noticed a lot less air turbulence but not a big jump in cooling which i have to say i was expecting a noticeable difference but it just wasn't there maybe this is why? _________________________________________________________
i did that once i used Plexiglas and made a entirely new tunnel that had a much better fit to the fans and the heat sinks.i noticed a lot less air turbulence but not a big jump in cooling which i have to say i was expecting a noticeable difference but it just wasn't there maybe this is why?
Well I found a forum that has a thread where people are posting the CPU, GPU, EDRAM temps and mods. It seems those with modded wind tunnels were getting better temps.
Thats why I was asking. Guess I'll have to experiment and see for myself... _________________________________________________________ Just picked up a Falcon HDMI console to fix and mod...
ah ok then maybe mine was just a bad design then haha _________________________________________________________
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