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mwayne5   08-14-2009 at 12:44:54 AM

Hey all,

 

I have a question about cooling. Right now Newegg has the ABS Black Pearl for $89 w/ free shipping using promo code EMCLWMM59 (expires 8/17/09) so of course I jumped on it. For you guys looking for an amazing all aluminum case you should jump on it too (sorry if you're not supposed to advertise, but I feel I need to share this deal).

 

Ok, on to the situation. This is my first build with an inverted motherboard setup. The exhaust fan in the back is, by default, an intake fan with a hood feeding air directly to the CPU. There are also exhaust fan spots at the top of the case, but I would like to use these as intake to bring tons of cool air to my graphics card since it's heatsink is facing up. This would leave no exhaust except for the graphics cards dual slot cooler. What do you guys think is the best air solution?

 

For picture reference please see this link.
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cI [...] ageID=3597

  

Thanks in advanced,
Mitch


Message edited by mwayne5 on 08-14-2009 at 12:47:36 AM
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Delluser1   08-14-2009 at 02:48:23 AM

I grabbed one of these for a family member, because he liked my V2000.
Don't know how it's going to be set up yet, but I would advise you to use at least one of the top fan ports as exhaust rather than intake.
Then get one of these for front intake
http://www.performance-pcs.com/cat [...] 0a671bd6b5

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mwayne5   08-14-2009 at 02:49:58 AM

Sweet thanks for the link, maybe with this intake in the 5.25s I could just turn the rear fan around and have a traditional air flow setup.

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Delluser1   08-14-2009 at 03:04:59 AM

mwayne5 wrote :

I could just turn the rear fan around and have a traditional air flow setup.


Good idea, and depending on the cpu cooler you use you may have to remove the airflow shroud, I did.

------------------------------ q9650 @ 4.050 | Asus Rampage Formula | 2x2 Corsair Dominators | WD Black 640 x2
EVGA GTX260 Core216 @ 686/1479/1103 | Antec TPN 750

 

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