OMG DUDE I TOOK MY P7P55d-e lx (asus) mother board and used your duct idea lol omg what a difference, i use an i3 i never overclock i have the evga 450gts 1gb ddr5 in pci-e slot 16x and a duct running from the prossesor to the front cover and fan then i redirect air flow from my air conditioner straight to the side pannel the the air goes through you just wouldnt believe the heat diffference i was geting heats of 104 f while under load with a game called skyrim. SO AWESOME.
OMG DUDE I TOOK MY P7P55d-e lx (asus) mother board and used your duct idea lol omg what a difference, i use an i3 i never overclock i have the evga 450gts 1gb ddr5 in pci-e slot 16x and a duct running from the prossesor to the front cover and fan then i redirect air flow from my air conditioner straight to the side pannel the the air goes through you just wouldnt believe the heat diffference i was geting heats of 104 f while under load with a game called skyrim. SO AWESOME
So, the hot air from the cpu is directly be pushed out the case? Therefore, the hot does not circulate around the casing which overall keeps everything cooler?
Not really. If you understand how this works and what the results are, you are getting a 5°-6° drop for barely $5. You are cooling the CPU/Heatsink assembly with cool air you can't get inside the case, so it's very efficient.
But yes, you could attach the duct to an AC for example and get lower temperatures.
oh yeh if its only five dollars its worth it. a dollar every -1c but in england an air duct for washing machines are like 10 pounds witch is 17 dollars
@DayLight95 You can try other materials. You may find ducts not just for dryers but any similar pipe/duct should be good enough. There are even some Fan kits that include a duct for a very low price.
@knarkis90 alien ware pc's are just 4000 dollar pc's bumped up to 10 grand the only thing you pay for is their logo and their cases so they are really just rip off computers
@knarkis90 mate you can make your case shine yourself xD by some ccfl's and led kits ....personally i dont like alien ware for some reasons 1. when they make their pc's they dont mount all the fans like when i say a vid review on alienwares latest 10 grand pc witch is a rip off they had 3 extra slots for 3 fans
@shuffle953 im too retarded to make led schematics...my dream would (computerdream^^) be too make a shiny ass computer with leds corresponding too each other via some python script and use the logitech g15 with led "haxx". search " logitech g15 colour"..its freakin awesome
The direction of the airflow of the heatsink fan does not change, regardless of having a duct or not. The heatsink fan blows air down onto the heatsink which comes out the sides. The only thing that changes is that the air blown onto the heatsink is now cooler, cooling the heatsink noticeably. When the air exists through the sides, it's picked up by another airstream coming from the front, and sucked out of the case by the rear exhaust fans.
The duct is not blocking the airflow as you may think. There is a tower of Fans at the front. There are 2x120 MM and also a 90 MM fan at the front which move an insane amount of air from front to back, over the duct. In other words, the cool air that comes in through the front does reach the back, and cools the RAM, chipset and the video card. Temperatures were monitored in 7 different places with/without the duct and with it the temperatures are noticeably lower.
hola amigo tengo una duda con el ducto; el abanico de 80mm tiene q meter aire al procesador o lo tiene q sacar? al igual el abanico q trae el procesador de fafrica lo tiene q meter o sacar??? espero me resuelvas mis dudas ya q instale un ducto de aire pero no se como poner los abanicos del procesador y de la tapa lateral de antemano mil gracias y felicidades por tus videos estan muy buenos...
Ambos abanicos (tambien conocidos como ventiladores) deben echarle aire al procesador. El conducto se encarga de traer aire fresco desde afuera y enfriar el disipador.
WOW u make me feel stupid my proccesor was at 50*C and then i used your idea and cleaned the heat sink now my CPU is at 29*C thats freaking awesome! thanks lol
1 fan push air true platic tube directly to another fan. impresive result is when there are 2 another fans with heatsink on case!!! dont forgot about exaust...
True. Unless you thought of that before installing it, and created a tower of fans at the front of the case which provide cool air to all the components.
I have done this... place your duct between the front of the case and the CPU, with a fan at the front/entrance of the duct to blow cool air into the CPU heatsink. Use wire ties or ty-wraps to secure the duct to the heatsink, at the side where the existing fan is so that fan also blows air into itself....
Can you post a video about how to install that onto a heat sink? do I need to have a fan on the entrance of the duct? It seems like an interesting idea. And what the hell is with the restarted comments... comparing copper to aluminum... even though copper is more expensive, and the masses given are not accurate.. bleh.. and to answer someones comment below, electric current doesn't flow through the heat sink...
In this case, the heatsink end of the duct was able to fit right over the heatsink fan which was 80 MM. So I expanded the end of it and wrapped it around the fan, like when you put a cap on a bottle. The other end of the duct is wrapped around the intake fan on the side, tightly sealed with electric tape. The comments...I know man. Some ppl have no idea what they are talking about. The duct goes from one piece of plastic (fan) to another (fan) - No idea where they get their crappy theories from.
You seem to have it all figured out huh? I've had not a single problem in years. I've even swapped out hardware, opened for cleanup and maintenance, etc,. Not a single problem.
The mod looks great Joshua, I'm about to make a few changes to my system's cooling and ducting was already on the menu. Great how-to, thanks for posting (and ignore that phuckwit 'GeorgeDeBleu', his mental thermal paste obviously stopped transferring heat a long time ago, LOL)
Thanks for the comments. What can I say...many people look at a video on YouTube and then leave you a comment based on "what they read in a forum" or "what a friend told me", but never really having any experience, or trying it out themselves. Pretty much they have nothing better to do.
I do something similar to this during the winter. St. Louis winters easily drop below 15F often near 0F, so I placed a board in my window with a cutout for the dryer duct and used insulation on all other gaps. I put a Vantec Tornado fan on the outside of the duct to bring in the 15 degree air from outside directly to my CPU fan and reconfigured the other case fans to exhaust to prevent room temperature air from entering the case to keep condensation from getting inside the case. Running 12*C.
ive been doing something like this for years what i do is get 120mm dc fan hook it up to the dry duct. Install your hose to your front 120mm fan mount. Now with the 20ft of hose u can put it near a window with cool air out side or if u have air in your house put it near a vent. Or for even cool cool air if u live in a snow state window works good just make sure u dont have conversion building up
Yeah, condensation will be quite an issue. Rather, put the duct going to the intake fans of the case. That way, the only condensation you will get is on the outside of the case, which would be better than having it in the case right over the motherboard, but still not fail proof.
Temperature difference here will not produce condensation. If it did, many manufacturers would face the same problem as they too are creating cases with ducts. I am convinced now that most people leaving comments now do not know how this works and are just taking guesses. This has worked for me for years.
That's because you are looking at it the wrong way, or you don't know much about cooling. If you were to use your simple common sense, you can see that the duct brings in cool air from outside. Opinions are crushed by facts. Although your opinion is that it does not improve anything, my facts tell me that in the dozens of systems I have implemented this on, you get a 5-10°C drop, even after upgrading to a better heatsink.
To a certain point. I have a tower of fans at the front that also bring in cool air and blow it all the way to the back. This tower of fans has two 120mm fans and a 90mm fan. The airflow is extremely good and my temperatures stay good.
Cutting a hole in the window and mounting an 120 mm silent fan. But i just leave the pannel off as no one touches it. and im curretly not LANing. it took 5-6oc out the case with the side off :D
your comp still makes alot of noise, for me thats the reason buy better coolers and fans and any good 100$ cooler will drop your temp over 10c from stock and make it silent same time
and nothing is stopping you to combine this with them
It makes a lot of noise because it has more fans than typical computers, but every single part of my case is cooled. The video camera will also make it sound louder. I did a lot of research with heatsinks and found out that some are better, but your temps will barely decrease. This is because the ambient temp, and the temp inside the case remain the same, even with the best heatsink in the world. With the duct, you bring cooler air from outside, which greatly reduces temps.
What you say about any good $100 is not true at all. You can lower the temps by some degrees, but not 10°C. Most of the times these 10°C degree drops are from replacing an incorrectly installed heatsink, or from very very very old and ineffective thermal paste. The only way to truly lower temperatures is by lowering the ambient temperature, heatsink maintenance, water cooling, or bringing cool air from outside. That's why you see so many cases with ducts in them these days.
because i want to build an high performance pc at 3.4 ghz dual core pentium d what would you advise me to use for coolling but this dam watercolling are so damm expensive how many degrees did the temperature droped when you instaled the duct? thnx a lot
pentium dual core (ex:e1200) has the same core as a e4x00 just less cache. they also overclock to 3-3.2ghz with ease. another good thing about them is that there 50bucks. so really it is a high performance product because the cost/perf is outstanding.
are you kidding me newb:P haha, your saying 250grams of aluminium with 5cm fan will keep the same temps that 900grams of copper with 3x bigger fan and air flow, just becouse ambient is the same
hell if you would test the subject your self or read few good reviews about the good coolers you would see that stock coolers get beat up by over 20c in oc conditions
that cooling system is sh't you know it, the case is sh't
YouTube is full of ignorant people who do not know how to argue or make apoint. 1st of all ask before you make dumb useless comments like these. This is not a 5cm fan, but 80 or 8 CM. Second thing, I did a lot of testing, including the highest reviewed heatsinks in Newegg. Yes they do drop the temperature by a few degrees, but what your ignorance does not let you understand is that you can buy a heatsink for $40, yet you can get the same results with a $5 duct. Say all u want, I did the testing.
...and also, I'm not overclocking and when I did the duct did it's job in lowering the temperature. I think you should stop reading so many reviews and actually learn how this stuff really works. Ambient temperature is what decides all temperatures inside your case, no matter if you use a duct or a heatsink. Only case it differs is if you use water cooling.
Both of you are right, although I do think that an aftermarket cooler will do better. I have a Brisbane Athlon X2 at 3.1ghz (stock 2.7) and my stock cooler couldn't handle that. My side panel fan is right above the processor and blows the air straight into the heatsink. I think that a duct will reduce the temperature by a bit, but I won't see significant gains. The 120mm CPU cooler I got for $20 keeps my temperature over the overclocked CPU...
.. below 45c at all times while running Prime95 for 4 hours. Ambient temperature was around 25c - 27c. My stock cooler would make the processor overheat within 10 minutes of starting Prime and that's when the AC just kicked in which translates to an ambient temp. of around 18-20c. If I ever get the time, I will try the duct thing you did, save my 120mm cooler and sell my computer with the stock heatsink.
Well I did see significant gains using a duct. regardless if somebody disagrees with the method or experiences otherwise. A 5 to 6°C degree drop for $5 bucks beats any heatsink anytime. That's a buck per degree.
$20 for my heatsink and it stays below 45C at 100% load. My stock reached 60C and it would've gone higher if I didn't get a BSOD from thermal cut-off. Took off, reseated, and got the same results from stock. That's bucks per degree as well. What I'm trying to say is that getting an aftermarket HSF is more convenient. Of course, my mid tower case has 5 high CFM 120mm fans to provide the best airflow in a mid-tower case.
A large tube running through there would negatively affect the temperature on the GPU and chipset. I'm sure that your GPU suffered a little rise in temperature after you put that on?
It really isn't that bad once the case is closed. If you don't like this duct than just get a less "ghetto" one. The point of the video is to illustrate the cooling technique.
120mm fans are good because they move a good amount of air. You should check out the Antec Nine Hundred, and watch the Healthy Computer Research Part 1 video, there are some good tips there.
Blowing out would cause the fan to remove heat, not to bring cool air inside. By making the fan blow onto the heatsink, you bring in cool, room temperature air, which cools the heat sink, and this is where you notice a temperature drop.
Blowing. Like the description says: "Basically, the duct redirects cool (room temperature air), and blows it directly on top of the heatsink/processor fan."
I answered this below because somebody else had the same question...here is the reply:
Very good point. In most cases it would, but in my case, I have a tower of fans which consists of 2 120mm fans and a 90mm fan at the front. These blow air directly to the back of the case. Since they are stacked on top of each other, they blow enough air to go around the duct and reach all components at the back of the case.
I agree that metal is not the best as a duct, but it's really not that big of a deal as some of you make it to be. Heck, you can easily kill your motherboard by improperly using your screwdriver (shorting out), or even leaving a loose screw inside the case by mistake. I've been inside my computer hundreds of times since I added the duct and I have never had any problems. Like I said before, you just have to know what you are doing, and you have to be careful.
Very good point. In most cases it would, but in my case, I have a tower of fans which consists of 2 120mm fans and a 90mm fan. These blow air directly to the back of the case. Since they are stacked on top of each other, they blow enough air to go around the pipe and reach all components at the back of the case.
I have a tower of fans at the front: 2x120mm and 1x90mm. These lower the temps inside the case & provide proper airflow as this cool air reaches all the way to the back where exhaust fans remove the hot air. Obviously this cool air will heat up a bit by the time it gets to the CPU because of the heat from the hard drives & RAM. So what does the duct do? It brings in its own dedicated, cool, room temperature air directly to the CPU. Like stated before, all my temps rise when I remove the duct.
poor , i have the xclio extreme wind tunnel case , has 3 vents without fans but the 2 large fans on side literally pushes all the air inside the case out of them, i can feel the exhaust 6 ft away
Saw the case on Newegg, it's pretty cool. I would think that the side fans would noticeably lower the temps inside the case if they are blowing air inside, that's what I've experienced from cases similar to those.
Yup, that's an excellent addition. I use an extra long one on my 8800 GTS instead of the regular ones. The other fan that helps me a lot is the top fan. It removes all the hot air that has escaped the main airflow around the middle of the case.
im not sure if any air gets the chance to get trapped in my case anymore :D its basically a vacuum !, i could do with a 120mm fan in front of the hdd's tho when i get raid setted up, i got a space for fan on front chassis , i love this PC case :D. i could even glue more fans on the other air vents
One fan at the front blowing air inside, and one fan on the back as exhaust is always the suggested setup and works very well. I took a look at that case and it has very good potential for very good airflow. I likes it too.
Very indecent comment I might say, thus proving my theory that most YouTube comments are written to just start a conflict. This stuff works very well for me and I have never had any problems. If you are so paranoid about using metal than get plastic, that's all you have to say. I didn't publish this video so you can let out all your rage on it. I just want to show cooling enthusiasts some ideas that have worked out very well for me.
Somebody else assumed the same thing. The truth is, you have to be very accurate on where you touch and what you touch to short out something and destroy it. Smart people only mess around with the components inside their cases when the power is off and the power cable is disconnected. I've used this configuration for many years now, and actually, water cooling makes me way more paranoid, cause that can go really wrong even when the power is off. But if you are careful, there is no need to worry.
I personally disagree about the whole water cooling thing, I mean, once you connect up all of your waterblocks, you test the water cooling system first for several hours to make sure you don't have any leaks at all first before actually sticking it into a PC that has power going through it!!!
If this method works for you then great, but don't you think it looks just a little bit hideous?!?!?
I would hate to see that thing next to me everytime I was on my computer!
Re-read my post before assuming that I am against water cooling. I just said Im paranoid & can tell many stories of ppl who have screwed up their PCs after the waterblocks went bad after sometime. Look what it says at the end "But if you are careful, there is no need to worry".
& btw it doesnt look hideous. This argument is pontless bcuz everyone builds their PC depending on many things: noise, appearance, neatness, etc. U only see the duct if u open the case, when closed it looks nice & neat.
Performance gains from the duct would be minimal, only needed if the case has terrible airflow. Also, any possible risk of electrostatic discharge from this would be much higher than that of a tested watercooling system failing....
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's not only about the performance, but reducing heat dissipated from the CPU inside the case & keeping the CPU cool at all times. This keeps it at a "healthier" temp, and noticeably reduces the overall temp inside the case, which also helps lower the temps of other components (HD, chipset, etc.)Regarding the electrostatic discharge, hundreds of ppl have tried this with no problems. Once again just be careful and know what you are doing.
More Biased information?... Infact using this would increase the temp of the of the other components, with air intake being directly forced onto the cpu, other components would recieve pre-heated air, meaning that components like the chipsets would heat, aswell as the back of the grahics card.... Infact the model being sold does not have E.S.D protection, putting this in your system would put the other Components at great risk... You're much better off getting a new CPU Heatsink/fan or WC'ing.:)
LOL. Did u read this somewhere and just agree with it? I am an Engineer, & this is one of the things that I do research on. As soon as I added that duct the temps were noticeably reduced in all 8 sensors I have around the case. U really think I spent three months testing this and then made a video with false info? Use your common sense, without the duct, the CPU fan dissipates HOTTER air to the rest of the case. Unlike many, instead of reading around, I actually do the tests, with real info.
Well done, this may give you 1-2% better case ambient, but the fact that it does not have E.S.D certifications, means that it could cause an electrostatic discharge into the pc, stop trying to scam a buck and give the people correct information.... TBH you're much better to just get another case fan, it's safer, and more efficient... :)
For $5, seeing a CPU which usually runs in the 40's, run in the low 30's, I'm more than happy, and this is higher than 1-2%. Anybody who is paranoid about ESD, then get plastic ducts. You are more likely to pass ESD yourself by not discharging properly, than to pass ESD this way. This works for me and hundreds who have seen this video and tried it. I'm sticking to it as I have for years. To end this conversation, everybody is entitled to their own opinion. I back mine ALWAYS, with research.
Lol... Now you are claiming that with this uncertified duct, u can outperform liquid cooling systems? Please provide some evidence of this, as it is not heard of in the world of enthusit cooling...There would be electrostatic build up along the duct, that could easily ruin your PC... Face the facts, many case manufacturers include these int ehir PC, most peaople remove them, prefering to use larger, more efficient coolers, to give far superior cooling results than any duct could give....
hola joshua queria saber si el fan duct va colocado sobre el abanico del micro procesador? otra pregunta si el abanico lateral de mi case me tira aire frio para dentro no estare contradiciendo al abanico del micro? como hago?
EL duct o conducto va conectado al abanico del CPU y no debe tocar el disipador para no transferirle calor. Los abanicos traseros (lateral) siempre deben sacara aire para no contradecir el abanico de la fuente de poder, ni los abanicos delanteros. Los abanicos alante deben echar aire hacia adentro del case, y se completa la circulacion con los abanicos traseros sacando el aire caliente.
the coolermaster cm 690 two on side pannel, 1 on back exaust, and two on top in and out, not to mention the one at the lower front, it has the powersupply at the bottom, and i put the 90mil underneath my dvd burner with a 7 inch plastic duct straight into the zalman 9500
i got it for 60 bucks and 20 if i get the rebate back! on special at microcenter
ill stick to my 6 120mm fans, and 90mm fan connected to a duct dirrecting air to my zalman 9500, keeps cpu at 18C, oc'ed at 3.1ghz from 2.8, not much but it helps
6x120 mm fans! Jeez! Thats quite a load on the PSU. That's about 30 Watts. I have a 120mm at the front blowing air in and cooling my HDs, then a slot cooler on the back and a 80mm in the mid upper section removing hot air from the case. This keeps things pretty cool :)
well i have a 500 watt ultra ps, it has a couple of other leads that i havent used all of the wattage yet, i still have over 100 watts left in hd, or other add ons. oh and i got over the lights and uv shit along time ago, now i like sleek and quiet cases.
Good point. 120mm fans move way more air at a lower RPM than the other sizes, unless you get a 250mm :) How do you have your fans setup though? Whats the model of your case?
Forntunately for me the duct had a snuggly fit right over the Opteron's 180 mm fan. If it does not fit well, as in the duct is way bigger, you can use electric tape around the end of the duct and the top of the fan.
I'd love to know where people get these ideas computer parts are so delicate. I have a AMD Sempron(Socket AM2) laying around that i play with all the time. Touching the pins isnt going to kill it. I tested it the other day.
They are delicate, you just got to learn it the hard way i guess lol
Touching the pins isnt going to kill it until you discharge some static electricity (ESD)into the cpu. Static Electricity is the No.1 cause of damage to internal computer parts.
I know that, but you dont always have static electricity in you. and even when you do, its not there for long. You always discharge it quickly, you just dont want to discharge on a component. But i rarely get static charge, unless i where a certain jacket. But i know not to touch parts when i am full of energy.
OMG DUDE I TOOK MY P7P55d-e lx (asus) mother board and used your duct idea lol omg what a difference, i use an i3 i never overclock i have the evga 450gts 1gb ddr5 in pci-e slot 16x and a duct running from the prossesor to the front cover and fan then i redirect air flow from my air conditioner straight to the side pannel the the air goes through you just wouldnt believe the heat diffference i was geting heats of 104 f while under load with a game called skyrim. SO AWESOME.
shittybooo 3 months ago
@shittybooo Nice!! Thanks for Sharing!
joshuamarius 3 months ago
OMG DUDE I TOOK MY P7P55d-e lx (asus) mother board and used your duct idea lol omg what a difference, i use an i3 i never overclock i have the evga 450gts 1gb ddr5 in pci-e slot 16x and a duct running from the prossesor to the front cover and fan then i redirect air flow from my air conditioner straight to the side pannel the the air goes through you just wouldnt believe the heat diffference i was geting heats of 104 f while under load with a game called skyrim. SO AWESOME
shittybooo 3 months ago
So, the hot air from the cpu is directly be pushed out the case? Therefore, the hot does not circulate around the casing which overall keeps everything cooler?
Crystalinalake 3 months ago
I have done this too, works so damn well :)
103798 7 months ago
cool but i hope its easy to take that duct off i can see it would be annoying if you have to upgrade as i reakon it would get in the road
burninghalls 1 year ago
@burninghalls It's very easy actually.
joshuamarius 1 year ago
what is the brand of that duct?
WOLFTEAMLEAD3R 1 year ago
@WOLFTEAMLEAD3R No brand - it's a typical Walmart dryer duct.
joshuamarius 1 year ago
NICE ONE
antreascurren 1 year ago
That is cool, I just the same thing but plastic but with a window. house fan
keiki646 2 years ago
it looks like a radio on the chassi :P
knarkis90 2 years ago
top notch air cooling! that is a great way to make fresher/cooler air to hit the CPU heatsink directly
RamoneTalarico 2 years ago
theres only realy a point in that if you run the duct outside
DayLight95 2 years ago
Not really. If you understand how this works and what the results are, you are getting a 5°-6° drop for barely $5. You are cooling the CPU/Heatsink assembly with cool air you can't get inside the case, so it's very efficient.
But yes, you could attach the duct to an AC for example and get lower temperatures.
joshuamarius 2 years ago
oh yeh if its only five dollars its worth it. a dollar every -1c but in england an air duct for washing machines are like 10 pounds witch is 17 dollars
DayLight95 2 years ago
@DayLight95 You can try other materials. You may find ducts not just for dryers but any similar pipe/duct should be good enough. There are even some Fan kits that include a duct for a very low price.
Cheers.
joshuamarius 1 year ago
awesomne computer...^^ alienware ftw (but i cant afford it) -_- :D
knarkis90 2 years ago
Not Alienware though - I built it myself :-D
joshuamarius 2 years ago
@knarkis90 alien ware pc's are just 4000 dollar pc's bumped up to 10 grand the only thing you pay for is their logo and their cases so they are really just rip off computers
shuffle953 1 year ago
@shuffle953 Im pretty aware of that. but 2000 dollar for some shine leds..heey its a good deal
knarkis90 1 year ago
@knarkis90 mate you can make your case shine yourself xD by some ccfl's and led kits ....personally i dont like alien ware for some reasons 1. when they make their pc's they dont mount all the fans like when i say a vid review on alienwares latest 10 grand pc witch is a rip off they had 3 extra slots for 3 fans
shuffle953 1 year ago
@shuffle953 im too retarded to make led schematics...my dream would (computerdream^^) be too make a shiny ass computer with leds corresponding too each other via some python script and use the logitech g15 with led "haxx". search " logitech g15 colour"..its freakin awesome
knarkis90 1 year ago
@knarkis90 lol you dont have to make schematics the led's come already in a circuit and i have seen that keyboard before
shuffle953 1 year ago
Me and you had the same idea.
I just stuck mine out the window in the middle of winter.
ganymedeIV4 2 years ago
Wait, so what happens to the hot air that the CPU generates? Does it just stay in the duct?
DracoX9 3 years ago
The direction of the airflow of the heatsink fan does not change, regardless of having a duct or not. The heatsink fan blows air down onto the heatsink which comes out the sides. The only thing that changes is that the air blown onto the heatsink is now cooler, cooling the heatsink noticeably. When the air exists through the sides, it's picked up by another airstream coming from the front, and sucked out of the case by the rear exhaust fans.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
it rises because it is less dense than the air around it
GeeksRus95 2 years ago
....or you can tune-up the air circulation inside of the case.
that duct tube is blocking the air flow, CPU is saved, but have you thinked about RAM and GPU and bridge
papercut1987 3 years ago
The duct is not blocking the airflow as you may think. There is a tower of Fans at the front. There are 2x120 MM and also a 90 MM fan at the front which move an insane amount of air from front to back, over the duct. In other words, the cool air that comes in through the front does reach the back, and cools the RAM, chipset and the video card. Temperatures were monitored in 7 different places with/without the duct and with it the temperatures are noticeably lower.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
I thought about doing this only i was thinking to connect the duct to my air conditioner...but CONDENSATION !!!!
Camilookb 3 years ago
take a compressor and tubes, run the tubes very close to the processor and fill them with freon, youll have to know what your doing though
WC9456 3 years ago
do you have picture or a website with that?
Camilookb 3 years ago
hola amigo tengo una duda con el ducto; el abanico de 80mm tiene q meter aire al procesador o lo tiene q sacar? al igual el abanico q trae el procesador de fafrica lo tiene q meter o sacar??? espero me resuelvas mis dudas ya q instale un ducto de aire pero no se como poner los abanicos del procesador y de la tapa lateral de antemano mil gracias y felicidades por tus videos estan muy buenos...
paul4104 3 years ago
Ambos abanicos (tambien conocidos como ventiladores) deben echarle aire al procesador. El conducto se encarga de traer aire fresco desde afuera y enfriar el disipador.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
props on the spanish. I am taking spanish class And i understood like one out of every 4 words.
loganbyers07 2 years ago
LOL, it's a very important language these days :)
joshuamarius 2 years ago
lol
Newman12341 3 years ago
nice
hypnotoad12345 3 years ago
wow thats a sweet comp. i want one >:P
cheetawolf 3 years ago
WOW u make me feel stupid my proccesor was at 50*C and then i used your idea and cleaned the heat sink now my CPU is at 29*C thats freaking awesome! thanks lol
martinolatino123 3 years ago
1 fan push air true platic tube directly to another fan. impresive result is when there are 2 another fans with heatsink on case!!! dont forgot about exaust...
respectable07 3 years ago
The problem with using a duct is that the duct will block airflow to other components that need to be cooled.
elgilicious 3 years ago
True. Unless you thought of that before installing it, and created a tower of fans at the front of the case which provide cool air to all the components.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
i did that and all of the components are not warmer then 23 degrees
matthewgroen 3 years ago
I have done this... place your duct between the front of the case and the CPU, with a fan at the front/entrance of the duct to blow cool air into the CPU heatsink. Use wire ties or ty-wraps to secure the duct to the heatsink, at the side where the existing fan is so that fan also blows air into itself....
sgr140180 3 years ago
Can you post a video about how to install that onto a heat sink? do I need to have a fan on the entrance of the duct? It seems like an interesting idea. And what the hell is with the restarted comments... comparing copper to aluminum... even though copper is more expensive, and the masses given are not accurate.. bleh.. and to answer someones comment below, electric current doesn't flow through the heat sink...
thedancinzerg 3 years ago
In this case, the heatsink end of the duct was able to fit right over the heatsink fan which was 80 MM. So I expanded the end of it and wrapped it around the fan, like when you put a cap on a bottle. The other end of the duct is wrapped around the intake fan on the side, tightly sealed with electric tape. The comments...I know man. Some ppl have no idea what they are talking about. The duct goes from one piece of plastic (fan) to another (fan) - No idea where they get their crappy theories from.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
I like the idea but.. all that electrical conductivity goodness from that tin/aluminum ducting! Mmm mm ZAP! ;-)
georgedebleu 3 years ago
You seem to have it all figured out huh? I've had not a single problem in years. I've even swapped out hardware, opened for cleanup and maintenance, etc,. Not a single problem.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
SOMEONE seems a bit overly sensitive about their "baby"! ;-)
georgedebleu 3 years ago
It's not that much sensitivity, but reaction to misinformation.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
The mod looks great Joshua, I'm about to make a few changes to my system's cooling and ducting was already on the menu. Great how-to, thanks for posting (and ignore that phuckwit 'GeorgeDeBleu', his mental thermal paste obviously stopped transferring heat a long time ago, LOL)
VUGCOM 3 years ago
Thanks for the comments. What can I say...many people look at a video on YouTube and then leave you a comment based on "what they read in a forum" or "what a friend told me", but never really having any experience, or trying it out themselves. Pretty much they have nothing better to do.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
I do something similar to this during the winter. St. Louis winters easily drop below 15F often near 0F, so I placed a board in my window with a cutout for the dryer duct and used insulation on all other gaps. I put a Vantec Tornado fan on the outside of the duct to bring in the 15 degree air from outside directly to my CPU fan and reconfigured the other case fans to exhaust to prevent room temperature air from entering the case to keep condensation from getting inside the case. Running 12*C.
dudeomgwtfbbq 3 years ago
I lolled.....
Curn1 3 years ago
thats why im water
SerialDiscrepancy 3 years ago
ive been doing something like this for years what i do is get 120mm dc fan hook it up to the dry duct. Install your hose to your front 120mm fan mount. Now with the 20ft of hose u can put it near a window with cool air out side or if u have air in your house put it near a vent. Or for even cool cool air if u live in a snow state window works good just make sure u dont have conversion building up
vipercross 3 years ago
Yeah, condensation will be quite an issue. Rather, put the duct going to the intake fans of the case. That way, the only condensation you will get is on the outside of the case, which would be better than having it in the case right over the motherboard, but still not fail proof.
skylineaddict 3 years ago
Temperature difference here will not produce condensation. If it did, many manufacturers would face the same problem as they too are creating cases with ducts. I am convinced now that most people leaving comments now do not know how this works and are just taking guesses. This has worked for me for years.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
and it looks cool as well (reflective)
psycopyro001 3 years ago
hehe saime thing here but mine is diferant if you want i can send a foto of it
campary 3 years ago
doesnt look like it improves anything , just a different way to do anything.
SATANECRONOMICUS 3 years ago
That's because you are looking at it the wrong way, or you don't know much about cooling. If you were to use your simple common sense, you can see that the duct brings in cool air from outside. Opinions are crushed by facts. Although your opinion is that it does not improve anything, my facts tell me that in the dozens of systems I have implemented this on, you get a 5-10°C drop, even after upgrading to a better heatsink.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
i haev a liquid cooled Cpu overclock at30c, removing the case helps alot too at 27c(near air-con)
novablaze 3 years ago
my case comes with one pre installed but the funnel can be ajusted and is made of plastic giving my cpu fresh air :)
tombmxcrowley 3 years ago
What's the model and manufacturer?
joshuamarius 3 years ago
ermm fuck forgot cus modded front plate. were would modle noumber be :/
it was 50pound when i got it about a year and a half ago. :/ soz
tombmxcrowley 3 years ago
you got a typo in the description " After the duct, the idle temperature is between 34-36°C or 93.2-96.8°C" shoud be 93.2-96.8 F correct?
nice trick donno if id do it though
gtochad 3 years ago
Will that not restrict the airflow within the case its self ?
theMist1992 3 years ago
To a certain point. I have a tower of fans at the front that also bring in cool air and blow it all the way to the back. This tower of fans has two 120mm fans and a 90mm fan. The airflow is extremely good and my temperatures stay good.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
I was thinking about doing the same thing.
Cutting a hole in the window and mounting an 120 mm silent fan. But i just leave the pannel off as no one touches it. and im curretly not LANing. it took 5-6oc out the case with the side off :D
But yeh , your duct looks nice in there.
theMist1992 3 years ago
MAMMA MIA UN AEREOPORTO MA CHE E?0_0
marcoroma93 3 years ago
che cs è?
TopHacker91 3 years ago
duct it to the AC 8D
tkpenalty 3 years ago
Genius!
polarbear60 3 years ago
your comp still makes alot of noise, for me thats the reason buy better coolers and fans and any good 100$ cooler will drop your temp over 10c from stock and make it silent same time
and nothing is stopping you to combine this with them
nNorthWestern 3 years ago
It makes a lot of noise because it has more fans than typical computers, but every single part of my case is cooled. The video camera will also make it sound louder. I did a lot of research with heatsinks and found out that some are better, but your temps will barely decrease. This is because the ambient temp, and the temp inside the case remain the same, even with the best heatsink in the world. With the duct, you bring cooler air from outside, which greatly reduces temps.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
What you say about any good $100 is not true at all. You can lower the temps by some degrees, but not 10°C. Most of the times these 10°C degree drops are from replacing an incorrectly installed heatsink, or from very very very old and ineffective thermal paste. The only way to truly lower temperatures is by lowering the ambient temperature, heatsink maintenance, water cooling, or bringing cool air from outside. That's why you see so many cases with ducts in them these days.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
because i want to build an high performance pc at 3.4 ghz dual core pentium d what would you advise me to use for coolling but this dam watercolling are so damm expensive how many degrees did the temperature droped when you instaled the duct? thnx a lot
jiannig6 3 years ago
There's no such thing as a "high performance" Pentium dual core...Get the Core 2 Duo...They're much more efficient, and loads faster...
GEARSCOMBATANT1 3 years ago
pentium dual core (ex:e1200) has the same core as a e4x00 just less cache. they also overclock to 3-3.2ghz with ease. another good thing about them is that there 50bucks. so really it is a high performance product because the cost/perf is outstanding.
bob333336 3 years ago
are you kidding me newb:P haha, your saying 250grams of aluminium with 5cm fan will keep the same temps that 900grams of copper with 3x bigger fan and air flow, just becouse ambient is the same
hell if you would test the subject your self or read few good reviews about the good coolers you would see that stock coolers get beat up by over 20c in oc conditions
that cooling system is sh't you know it, the case is sh't
nNorthWestern 3 years ago
YouTube is full of ignorant people who do not know how to argue or make apoint. 1st of all ask before you make dumb useless comments like these. This is not a 5cm fan, but 80 or 8 CM. Second thing, I did a lot of testing, including the highest reviewed heatsinks in Newegg. Yes they do drop the temperature by a few degrees, but what your ignorance does not let you understand is that you can buy a heatsink for $40, yet you can get the same results with a $5 duct. Say all u want, I did the testing.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
...and also, I'm not overclocking and when I did the duct did it's job in lowering the temperature. I think you should stop reading so many reviews and actually learn how this stuff really works. Ambient temperature is what decides all temperatures inside your case, no matter if you use a duct or a heatsink. Only case it differs is if you use water cooling.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Both of you are right, although I do think that an aftermarket cooler will do better. I have a Brisbane Athlon X2 at 3.1ghz (stock 2.7) and my stock cooler couldn't handle that. My side panel fan is right above the processor and blows the air straight into the heatsink. I think that a duct will reduce the temperature by a bit, but I won't see significant gains. The 120mm CPU cooler I got for $20 keeps my temperature over the overclocked CPU...
skylineaddict 3 years ago
.. below 45c at all times while running Prime95 for 4 hours. Ambient temperature was around 25c - 27c. My stock cooler would make the processor overheat within 10 minutes of starting Prime and that's when the AC just kicked in which translates to an ambient temp. of around 18-20c. If I ever get the time, I will try the duct thing you did, save my 120mm cooler and sell my computer with the stock heatsink.
skylineaddict 3 years ago
Well I did see significant gains using a duct. regardless if somebody disagrees with the method or experiences otherwise. A 5 to 6°C degree drop for $5 bucks beats any heatsink anytime. That's a buck per degree.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
$20 for my heatsink and it stays below 45C at 100% load. My stock reached 60C and it would've gone higher if I didn't get a BSOD from thermal cut-off. Took off, reseated, and got the same results from stock. That's bucks per degree as well. What I'm trying to say is that getting an aftermarket HSF is more convenient. Of course, my mid tower case has 5 high CFM 120mm fans to provide the best airflow in a mid-tower case.
skylineaddict 3 years ago
A large tube running through there would negatively affect the temperature on the GPU and chipset. I'm sure that your GPU suffered a little rise in temperature after you put that on?
skylineaddict 3 years ago
Are you able to make a step-by-step procedure on how you did that.
PSPfanBOY22 3 years ago
Cool. I wondered if that would work. And props on the low-cost solution!
gibsonsimpson 3 years ago
my pc already has that but it dosent go as far out as ur dose only up to the sidecase
pavelplotnikov12 3 years ago
I gave you all thumbs up!
Werock4roll 3 years ago
Nice idea!I will try it sometime!
Thank you!
xatzis5000 3 years ago
So ghetto it must work
CalleUnion 3 years ago
It really isn't that bad once the case is closed. If you don't like this duct than just get a less "ghetto" one. The point of the video is to illustrate the cooling technique.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
most cases come with hard plastic things that do the same(mine came with a fan instead)
qwertymac93 3 years ago
wow, nice man!
antandant 3 years ago
I'm thinking about getting an nvidia case with two front 120mm fans and one 120mm exhaust, that any good?
Muffinmanv2 3 years ago
120mm fans are good because they move a good amount of air. You should check out the Antec Nine Hundred, and watch the Healthy Computer Research Part 1 video, there are some good tips there.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Alright, thank you.
Muffinmanv2 3 years ago
nvidia makes cases? wtf?
qwertymac93 3 years ago
Isnt it better to have the CPU fan blowing out?
Fnix 3 years ago
Blowing out would cause the fan to remove heat, not to bring cool air inside. By making the fan blow onto the heatsink, you bring in cool, room temperature air, which cools the heat sink, and this is where you notice a temperature drop.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
uh, no, the no air would blow over the heatsink.
qwertymac93 3 years ago
ROFL
djsyruz 3 years ago
LMAO ??
joshuamarius 3 years ago
nerds xD
Mart1nez13 3 years ago
try to take off the cpu cooler when you play.
(only oentium IV and III) the applications slowly down of 80%, and in pIII freeze.
whit althon the computer crash and the cpu incrase the power for the pc... and the cpu at 200C burn... all in 3 second when your remove the cooler
dallatorretdu 3 years ago
nice moding!
athlonz2007 3 years ago
On top of the technical stuff... it looks pretty bad ass in there. definately a one of a kind mod!
sonyplaydude 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment :)
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Wait is that fan blowing at the CPU, or sucking the hot air out?
MAJORdorMo 3 years ago
Blowing. Like the description says: "Basically, the duct redirects cool (room temperature air), and blows it directly on top of the heatsink/processor fan."
joshuamarius 3 years ago
dosen't that block the air circulation in your case? theres a case fan behind it and im guessing 1 on the front of the case, it must interfere?
munky142 3 years ago
I answered this below because somebody else had the same question...here is the reply:
Very good point. In most cases it would, but in my case, I have a tower of fans which consists of 2 120mm fans and a 90mm fan at the front. These blow air directly to the back of the case. Since they are stacked on top of each other, they blow enough air to go around the duct and reach all components at the back of the case.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
lol >.> nice pc frame structure =D
dav1dhoang 3 years ago
why use somthing so volatile when mixed with electricity? they make a vinyl hose just like that it would be much safer.
toytunergt 3 years ago
I agree that metal is not the best as a duct, but it's really not that big of a deal as some of you make it to be. Heck, you can easily kill your motherboard by improperly using your screwdriver (shorting out), or even leaving a loose screw inside the case by mistake. I've been inside my computer hundreds of times since I added the duct and I have never had any problems. Like I said before, you just have to know what you are doing, and you have to be careful.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
thats pretty smart feeding ur cpu fan with fresh outside air
aznturtle1 3 years ago
Exactly the point :-D
Works like a charm too.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Doesnt that severely block proper air flow through the entire pc not just the processor itself?
illmagnified 3 years ago
Very good point. In most cases it would, but in my case, I have a tower of fans which consists of 2 120mm fans and a 90mm fan. These blow air directly to the back of the case. Since they are stacked on top of each other, they blow enough air to go around the pipe and reach all components at the back of the case.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
niceee sounds like you have it all figured out
illmagnified 3 years ago
I work hard on this stuff. When I get questions I try to answer them as thoroughly as possible so that I can help others :)
joshuamarius 3 years ago
My point was that you should not use the 'foil' type duct. Get rigid aluminum it would disperse heat faster, you might drop a couple more degree's.
rkellyforums 3 years ago
Let us know when the fire starts! LOL
rkellyforums 3 years ago
Actually, you let me know, as the chances of you getting hit by lightning are higher than this setting my PC on fire :-p
joshuamarius 3 years ago
ya same here
3dhomejoe 3 years ago
the whwole case should act as a circulation anyway , no need for any type of duct , if anything the duct will get in the way of proper airflow !
girlsdrinkfeck 3 years ago
I have a tower of fans at the front: 2x120mm and 1x90mm. These lower the temps inside the case & provide proper airflow as this cool air reaches all the way to the back where exhaust fans remove the hot air. Obviously this cool air will heat up a bit by the time it gets to the CPU because of the heat from the hard drives & RAM. So what does the duct do? It brings in its own dedicated, cool, room temperature air directly to the CPU. Like stated before, all my temps rise when I remove the duct.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
poor , i have the xclio extreme wind tunnel case , has 3 vents without fans but the 2 large fans on side literally pushes all the air inside the case out of them, i can feel the exhaust 6 ft away
girlsdrinkfeck 3 years ago
Saw the case on Newegg, it's pretty cool. I would think that the side fans would noticeably lower the temps inside the case if they are blowing air inside, that's what I've experienced from cases similar to those.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
well , i still needed to put in my rear exhaust pci fan in to get rid of trap air beneath the gpu, i always use it on al cases
girlsdrinkfeck 3 years ago
Yup, that's an excellent addition. I use an extra long one on my 8800 GTS instead of the regular ones. The other fan that helps me a lot is the top fan. It removes all the hot air that has escaped the main airflow around the middle of the case.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
im not sure if any air gets the chance to get trapped in my case anymore :D its basically a vacuum !, i could do with a 120mm fan in front of the hdd's tho when i get raid setted up, i got a space for fan on front chassis , i love this PC case :D. i could even glue more fans on the other air vents
girlsdrinkfeck 3 years ago
One fan at the front blowing air inside, and one fan on the back as exhaust is always the suggested setup and works very well. I took a look at that case and it has very good potential for very good airflow. I likes it too.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
they stuck that shit in a box
and said it improves air flow
by not recirculating case air[true]
but its fucking metal
what if you open the side panel and
it touches you video card or sumthing
your fucked in the ass on that one
paulbreor 3 years ago
Very indecent comment I might say, thus proving my theory that most YouTube comments are written to just start a conflict. This stuff works very well for me and I have never had any problems. If you are so paranoid about using metal than get plastic, that's all you have to say. I didn't publish this video so you can let out all your rage on it. I just want to show cooling enthusiasts some ideas that have worked out very well for me.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
okay
i dont want to
bash on your video
its a great video
im just wondering why
they didnt make it out
of computer safe materials
paulbreor 3 years ago
Somebody else assumed the same thing. The truth is, you have to be very accurate on where you touch and what you touch to short out something and destroy it. Smart people only mess around with the components inside their cases when the power is off and the power cable is disconnected. I've used this configuration for many years now, and actually, water cooling makes me way more paranoid, cause that can go really wrong even when the power is off. But if you are careful, there is no need to worry.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
I personally disagree about the whole water cooling thing, I mean, once you connect up all of your waterblocks, you test the water cooling system first for several hours to make sure you don't have any leaks at all first before actually sticking it into a PC that has power going through it!!!
If this method works for you then great, but don't you think it looks just a little bit hideous?!?!?
I would hate to see that thing next to me everytime I was on my computer!
lespaulzrule 3 years ago
Re-read my post before assuming that I am against water cooling. I just said Im paranoid & can tell many stories of ppl who have screwed up their PCs after the waterblocks went bad after sometime. Look what it says at the end "But if you are careful, there is no need to worry".
& btw it doesnt look hideous. This argument is pontless bcuz everyone builds their PC depending on many things: noise, appearance, neatness, etc. U only see the duct if u open the case, when closed it looks nice & neat.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Performance gains from the duct would be minimal, only needed if the case has terrible airflow. Also, any possible risk of electrostatic discharge from this would be much higher than that of a tested watercooling system failing....
KoptaAU 3 years ago
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. It's not only about the performance, but reducing heat dissipated from the CPU inside the case & keeping the CPU cool at all times. This keeps it at a "healthier" temp, and noticeably reduces the overall temp inside the case, which also helps lower the temps of other components (HD, chipset, etc.)Regarding the electrostatic discharge, hundreds of ppl have tried this with no problems. Once again just be careful and know what you are doing.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
More Biased information?... Infact using this would increase the temp of the of the other components, with air intake being directly forced onto the cpu, other components would recieve pre-heated air, meaning that components like the chipsets would heat, aswell as the back of the grahics card.... Infact the model being sold does not have E.S.D protection, putting this in your system would put the other Components at great risk... You're much better off getting a new CPU Heatsink/fan or WC'ing.:)
KoptaAU 3 years ago
LOL. Did u read this somewhere and just agree with it? I am an Engineer, & this is one of the things that I do research on. As soon as I added that duct the temps were noticeably reduced in all 8 sensors I have around the case. U really think I spent three months testing this and then made a video with false info? Use your common sense, without the duct, the CPU fan dissipates HOTTER air to the rest of the case. Unlike many, instead of reading around, I actually do the tests, with real info.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Well done, this may give you 1-2% better case ambient, but the fact that it does not have E.S.D certifications, means that it could cause an electrostatic discharge into the pc, stop trying to scam a buck and give the people correct information.... TBH you're much better to just get another case fan, it's safer, and more efficient... :)
KoptaAU 3 years ago
For $5, seeing a CPU which usually runs in the 40's, run in the low 30's, I'm more than happy, and this is higher than 1-2%. Anybody who is paranoid about ESD, then get plastic ducts. You are more likely to pass ESD yourself by not discharging properly, than to pass ESD this way. This works for me and hundreds who have seen this video and tried it. I'm sticking to it as I have for years. To end this conversation, everybody is entitled to their own opinion. I back mine ALWAYS, with research.
joshuamarius 3 years ago
Lol... Now you are claiming that with this uncertified duct, u can outperform liquid cooling systems? Please provide some evidence of this, as it is not heard of in the world of enthusit cooling...There would be electrostatic build up along the duct, that could easily ruin your PC... Face the facts, many case manufacturers include these int ehir PC, most peaople remove them, prefering to use larger, more efficient coolers, to give far superior cooling results than any duct could give....
KoptaAU 3 years ago
cool thx im gonna do that not expensive way nice pc
FIcaraudioBTL 3 years ago
thats a good idea =O
NorcoRider104 4 years ago 2
my akasas evo blue heatsink keeps my load temps to 39c and idle temps to 31c
deviljamez 4 years ago
my icute turbine case has a plastic duct
that helps suck in cold air from out side the case whilst 2 large fans take care of heat inside the case one big front turbine cooler
and a large i think 120mm fan at the rear blowing out hot air
it also has a side mounted fan to help add cold air into the case by blowing air directly onto the mother board and things
i have now overclocked my cpu from 2.71ghz
to 2.99ghz and stays nice and cool :D
puggster 4 years ago
hola joshua queria saber si el fan duct va colocado sobre el abanico del micro procesador? otra pregunta si el abanico lateral de mi case me tira aire frio para dentro no estare contradiciendo al abanico del micro? como hago?
rescategospel 4 years ago
EL duct o conducto va conectado al abanico del CPU y no debe tocar el disipador para no transferirle calor. Los abanicos traseros (lateral) siempre deben sacara aire para no contradecir el abanico de la fuente de poder, ni los abanicos delanteros. Los abanicos alante deben echar aire hacia adentro del case, y se completa la circulacion con los abanicos traseros sacando el aire caliente.
joshuamarius 4 years ago
the coolermaster cm 690 two on side pannel, 1 on back exaust, and two on top in and out, not to mention the one at the lower front, it has the powersupply at the bottom, and i put the 90mil underneath my dvd burner with a 7 inch plastic duct straight into the zalman 9500
i got it for 60 bucks and 20 if i get the rebate back! on special at microcenter
beanbag1985 4 years ago
ill stick to my 6 120mm fans, and 90mm fan connected to a duct dirrecting air to my zalman 9500, keeps cpu at 18C, oc'ed at 3.1ghz from 2.8, not much but it helps
beanbag1985 4 years ago
6x120 mm fans! Jeez! Thats quite a load on the PSU. That's about 30 Watts. I have a 120mm at the front blowing air in and cooling my HDs, then a slot cooler on the back and a 80mm in the mid upper section removing hot air from the case. This keeps things pretty cool :)
joshuamarius 4 years ago
well i have a 500 watt ultra ps, it has a couple of other leads that i havent used all of the wattage yet, i still have over 100 watts left in hd, or other add ons. oh and i got over the lights and uv shit along time ago, now i like sleek and quiet cases.
beanbag1985 4 years ago
Good point. 120mm fans move way more air at a lower RPM than the other sizes, unless you get a 250mm :) How do you have your fans setup though? Whats the model of your case?
joshuamarius 4 years ago
I have a 240mm fan made of metal. It was originally an industrial exhaust fan.
AgentCROCODILE 4 years ago
lol
dzikiben4 4 years ago
hey, could you message me telling exctly how you would attatch the duct to the heat sink
ShinjiUzamaki 4 years ago
Forntunately for me the duct had a snuggly fit right over the Opteron's 180 mm fan. If it does not fit well, as in the duct is way bigger, you can use electric tape around the end of the duct and the top of the fan.
joshuamarius 4 years ago
I'd love to know where people get these ideas computer parts are so delicate. I have a AMD Sempron(Socket AM2) laying around that i play with all the time. Touching the pins isnt going to kill it. I tested it the other day.
lollipop2kewl 4 years ago
They are delicate, you just got to learn it the hard way i guess lol
Touching the pins isnt going to kill it until you discharge some static electricity (ESD)into the cpu. Static Electricity is the No.1 cause of damage to internal computer parts.
Jeroenske 4 years ago
I know that, but you dont always have static electricity in you. and even when you do, its not there for long. You always discharge it quickly, you just dont want to discharge on a component. But i rarely get static charge, unless i where a certain jacket. But i know not to touch parts when i am full of energy.
lollipop2kewl 4 years ago
Yes that's true. I dint't ment to be rude or something just so you know :)
Jeroenske 4 years ago
Nice ! but looks kinda risky. If one component on your board touches the metal its probably bye bye psu or worse your pc
Jeroenske 4 years ago