P180, Air Filtering and additional Water Cooling question.

[skuzzy]

I have 2 dogs and 2 cats in a 120 year old farm-house. Air quality is usually pretty dusty in an old home with this this many animals.

I purchased a p180b and am wondering if there are any aftermarket
filters that can be placed on the rear intake (where there are a multitude
of holes)?

Additionally... a question about Water Cooling in a p180 case. 3 or 4 months from now, when I am comfortable about the GPU cooling options for an 8800 GTS, are the case fans useless in a water cooled environment?

 

[skuzzy]

The P180 has a series of holes in the back to be part of the cooling, here is a link to their Cooling Demo. It's the first image (blue coming from rear).

 

[tool_462]

Best thing to do is just use a small piece of window screen or stretched panty hose. You could just cut a small rectangle and Scotch tape it there, remove and rinse when you want to clean and just use tape again to put it back on.

 

[leadtrombone]

I had a similar problems with my last case. But these work really well and attach with four fans screws

120mm Fan Filter

 

[tool_462]

You could also cut one of those in half to use over the back intake vents. I just figured window screen and panty hose are probably accessible.

 

[dragonsprayer]

use the foam that is used under mobos and duct tape - i do all the time

cut a nice rectangle to fit then tape around the edges with a thin strip 1/2" of duct tape - it blends in with grey steel looks fine

you just vaccum the intake side

 

[mcain591]

You still need the fans, unless of course you want to go Ionic Wind cooling, and risk electricuting yourself :twisted:

 

[tool_462]

http://inventgeek.com/Projects/IonCooler/Overview.aspx

There is an Ionic cooled Armor 8)

Not the greatest temps, but completely passive on a pretty current rig (Pentium D940)

 

[mcain591]

Im pretty sure that I heard a while back that some company is trying to make a "Fan replacement" using this, one that wouldn't require a ground.

 

[mrmez]

Our business involves manufacturing with textiles so our offices also get pretty dusty.

So i use those green/red scotch scourers, yup like the ones ur wife/gf use cleans pots n pans wif :lol:

They are petty cheap and u can cut/squeeze them to size. Depending on how dusty it gets u may need to clean them once a month or so, vacuuming them off works for me, u can also use 2 or more layers if ur paro abt dust.


EDIT:
Using foam, like from ur mobo, will filter dust well, but will also give VERY poor flow 9/10

 

[skuzzy]

These have all been very good replies. Thank you, I will try some of them and see how it goes!

 

[skuzzy]

As for the ionic, looks great, 0 noise is my goal, but I do have 1950s wiring

Sadly, I have been working around computers for so long, any sound that comes from the case drives me insane. Recently, I got the 8800 GTS, beautiful card, I could only imagine how loud it would be if I removed the side panel off the p180.

 

[ValueDriven]

8) For filtering in areas which don't have case filter, I just use old (used) dryer softener sheets. If you like the smell, use new ones :?: :lol: I don't know if the new ones would leave a chemical trace or not.

 

[mekender]

you can also call Tempurpedic (the mattress company) they will send you a video and a 6 inch by 4 inch block of the foam the use in their mattresses for free, then all you gotta do is cut it into a really thin strip... works like a charm

 

[graysky]

i use those green/red scotch scourers, yup like the ones ur wife/gf use cleans pots n pans wif :lol:

They are petty cheap and u can cut/squeeze them to size. Depending on how dusty it gets u may need to clean them once a month or so, vacuuming them off works for me

So these (and the suggestions from others) are attached externally via duct tape? Anyone care to post some pics?

 

[qwazzy]

Then you can brag about how your air filter was"originally designed by NASA!" :lol: