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Heh......How many of you guys have done what I have done???
These case modifications were done myself.......

<A HREF="http://209.161.201.77/Pix/Whole_System.jpg" target="_new">Top View</A>
<A HREF="http://209.161.201.77/Pix/Side_View_of_Whole_System.jpg" target="_new">Side View</A>
<A HREF="http://209.161.201.77/Pix/Side_Panel_Showing_Fans.jpg" target="_new">Side Panel</A>
<A HREF="http://209.161.201.77/Pix/Side_Panel_Taken_Off.jpg" target="_new">Side Panel Beside My Tower</A>
<A HREF="http://209.161.201.77/Pix/Inside_Case.jpg" target="_new">This Is What It Looks Like Inside My Case</A>

Those 2 were takin' out of an old school Humidifier....there 8 inches wide each and those tubes that r the fans "casing" are 7 inches long/deep.....between the 2 of them theres well over 350CFM of air passign through my case......and yes......they are mounted onto my side panel...as you can see......its almost enough air to blow over my case.....

Fans are adjustable, as u can see the controller sitting on the top of my case.....it allows me to select either 1 or 2 fans aswell as the speed =)

What do u all think???

BTW i jsut thought I'd say today is my 19th Birthday =) Im getting old....wow!!!

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=13597" target="_new">-MeTaL RoCkEr</A><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by MeTaLrOcKeR on 09/06/02 05:13 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Damn, just go with water, much less of a ear-ache. But it's pretty cool I guess, how much improvement on overclocking did you get with it?

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Reply to Pettytheft
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Looks awesome. My only suggestion would be to add some sort of a dust filter (stockings work, which I happen to keep next to my shotgun in my car for cash emergencies).

Also, what are you using to power those two fans?

19? You old bastard! It's all downhill from here...

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Reply to Smokey
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I think there is a point where air heats up because of pressure. You might be nearing that point. Kidding.

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Reply to Schmide

Heh heh. Do your hard drives suddenly go blank from all of that EM radiation? ;)

Cool though. It's probably about the same as when I was running Honeywell "Super Turbo" high performance fan (AKA a little, yet powerful, desk fan) at the side of my case with the panel off. At low speed it was pretty quiet too.

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Reply to slvr_phoenix

Heh heh.....its quite amazing actually =)

i can run ti almost silent and it pushes a TON of air......

sum 1 asked about power....the Controller unit plugs into the wall if that answers ur question...and the controller powers the Fans so yea =)

heh heh....i like it....it cools nice...and if i sit by the case when the fans r running i get a nice and kewl breeze.. =)

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Reply to MeTaLrOcKeR

you're one sick dude.

that's the nastiest thing i've ever seen.... but hey it works, so good going. just one thing though, why the hell did you do it?

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Reply to shallowbaby
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What are your AXP temps now?

At least the Volcano 7 will be dead silent now, since the case is so freaking cooled out of any heat, it must not be spinning at all!

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Reply to Eden

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i can run ti almost silent and it pushes a TON of air......


silent is a relative term. considering that you're a rocker, it could sound like a boeing 747 to someone else.

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Reply to shallowbaby

hah hah thats SOOO funny.........especialyl now cuz i got drunk for my b-day!!!

as for why i did it.......i dunno, i thought about doing it 4 awhile and i just decided to do it 1 day..........

as for my temps..........

my CPU runs at 33-34 Degress celcious......... =)

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=13597" target="_new">-MeTaL RoCkEr</A>

Reply to MeTaLrOcKeR
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Those are regular average watercooling solution temps!
Wow, all I can say is, WOW.
If it's silent, then you got a damn nice mod there, one that should be added in some books or encyclopedias of PC cooling!
Only thing I have against it, is the bad look, if you can isolate that look by modding a casing around it, it'd be nicer, I think this makes the PC look a bit too monstruous, nothing to be happy looking at IMO.
How much did the entire cooling cost?

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Reply to Eden

you're nuts

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Reply to xxsk8er101xx

Wow, man that is nice. Talk about "homemade" cooling, hehe. That reminds me of a similar setup my friend has with his Athlon XP. The fans are so loud, you get a headache after a while.

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Reply to Dark_Archonis

Heh

well at low speed its virtually silent..........and full speed its liek a tornado in here =)

as for the look.....no, its not attractive at all, but its very interesting looking.......id liek to mold some casing around it sure.......but yea thatd be hard.........plus i wasnt goign for looks....nor do i really care what it looks like =)

As for cost......it was free........ =)
I took those fans out of an old Humidifier.....i cut and bolted the fans on myself....so with the eception to 2 screws and 4 nuts and bolts.....it was free =)

Sk8r.....Thank you =)

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=13597" target="_new">-MeTaL RoCkEr</A>

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