mjwhelan :
David Dewis :
mjwhelan :
David Dewis :
mjwhelan :
David Dewis :
I roved the 400 mm fan as it was stupidly noisy and made no difference. I may set the 120mm as exhaust once i have filters as GPU will pull air in sides and my CPU is water cooled anyway. I'm going to dust proof both sides anyway
Can you flip the 80mm fan on the cooler master elite 130 so it bring air in to the case? then use the psu to remove the hot air. I don't know if the 80mm fan will be strong enough to push or pull much through a filter, I will test it in a few days.
You can do, but the fan is not very strong and is very loud. It's partly blocked by RAM and the air will enter case, then go straight up into PSU completely missing rest of the motherboard. Temps were barely different without 80mm fan so I wouldn't worry about it.
Is it possible to upgrade the 80mm fan?
You could do but it wouldn't make much sense to spend money when it still won't make any difference. Half covered by RAM and power cable in my case and any 80mm is going to need to run fast to do anything which means noise
Got the netted fabric and magnetic tape, now just the long wait for the case to be delivered.
All my materials arrived today and i have finished constructed my dust filters, so have some tips for you and some photos. The photos are on my Business Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/daviddewisphotography
1, The structure of the frame is better when the strips are cut at 90 degree angles as seen the pictures.I tried cutting strips at 45 degrees and making tidy looking corners, but this led to the frame becoming very floppy and you dont see the corners anyway.
2.The filters DO fit inside the Case and DO NOT interfere with the GPU in anyway. This leads me to wonder why people on other forums are placing their Demciflex filters on the outside. Perhaps these DIY filters have an advantage i cant see over the manufactured ones?
3. The adhesive will stick to the net, but comes away very easily when moving the filter around once stuck to the case. I have used nail varnish/polish in the corners and edges of the magnetic tape. This has hardened and the net is now firmly held in place
4. Although not shown in my pictures, you have to leave about a finger width of space at the rear of the case, other wise the shell cant slide back into its closed position. Work this out before hand as its a pain to move the filters once they are on the case.
5. As i stated before, i have now set the front 120mm fan as an exhaust. The GPU is bringing alot of air into the case, as i have a dual fan design not a blower, and dumping it into the case. With this setup, my Load GPU temps have dropped by 5 degrees while Idle temps have halved! Idle CPU temps have also dropped by 5 degrees despite hotter air now going through the radiator, I'm guessing that perhaps the CFM of the fans has balanced so the the airflow is greater? CPU load temps are about the the same.