fantagero, thats an interesting method you got there.

there are several problems of course. it would work, so long as there is a temperature difference, heat would be transfered [ie. cold air cools the right side of the HDD, the right side is cooler than the left, so heat from the left side moves right]. it would be terribly INefficient. there is too little surface area [as someone mentioned above]. if im not mistaken, the majority of the heat in a HDD is passed through the sides and not the top/bottom plates, so id assume fixing heatsinks to right side to work?

you thought of this to try to 'fix' the dust problem. unless you have a fully enclosed [or close to fully enclosed ] subsystem, the intake fan is bound to blow air all over the place. some of that airflow is bound to get further into your casing, carrying dust along with it. in an enclosed environment [ie. a tunnel], you'd only need one fan, either at the front or at the other end.

i really find the idea of a fully IN-OUT 'chamber' interesting! but at the end of the day, i think fan filters are just most practical!

if u afraid of ur samsung HDD will spoilt.. just added HDD cooler wit setup that already shown to u..

smuggled from 2uk3y

can this be any help? or does it lead to bad things to my precious
if it is a bad airflow i'm creating, cud someone point another alternative spot fer my spare fan. who knoes it cud go under 35c. thankies

If you wanna get to lower temp of the CPU. Just get a wind tunnel and dedicate it to the CPU. Just like the hawker ventalition fan one to suck it all out. As most heat are produced by the CPU it does cool down the casing. Make sure the the input air is cool and get a higher speed fan for the input.

the fan sucking in is fine....

for sucking out i think it would be easier to put a fan on the side panel right after the hdds. so whatever hot air from the hdd can be sucked out right after it comes out...

ya i love this casing air circulating system.... this is izzit called BTX casing?

the heat movemnt from left to right

ive thinking getting an air filter.... but hey, in the town where the sell normal black fan for rm13.. it's impossible to get it here... i dunno if can get at hardware shop
haahaa i'm think using house mouquito net.. but that will be funny


i got one hdd cooler.. the prob is.. cant fit my casing.... plus, it will blow many dust to my hdd surface...
that's why i create the air tunnel.. so the air can go in and go out....
actually, the blow out fan are slower than blow in....
bout 1000rpm and 4000rpm...

will try to create a nu plan..... wait

See post # 1
thanks

This post has been edited by fantagero: Apr 28 2006, 12:39 PM

fanta.. why u dont put the red blow in fan as same level as the blue blow out fan? u put like that i think the cool air will be sucked out by the green blow out fan before it touched the HDD..

This post has been edited by ableze_joepardy: Apr 28 2006, 12:25 PM

will answer this, this petang....
hav to go to friday prayer

updated the 1st post.....

i think dat hdd cooler wont help much..the fan is sux...so slow.. ..


@fanta...
post ur casing pic here..will be more easy for other forumer to give their opinion?

u mean left-right of the hdd?
normal 4 metal parts since metal spreads heat all over them

so.. this the DIY ducting


the hdd bracket.. no space to put the hdd cooler.. huuhuhh

the blow out fan... (from the 1st method)

from this picture.. u may assume that: i'm using nice sleeved psu and nice rounded ide cables wut a mess


so... can u all help me to cool down my hdd ????

thanks

This post has been edited by fantagero: Apr 29 2006, 02:29 AM

so i guess..put on both the right side fans to blow in..

and the rear & left panel fan to blow out~

this should be ok.,

Ok oso la...boleh tahan....by the way...how many hdds do u have? its best of u space them max apart and it will be cooler ade without any fans....i used to place a 3.5 in front of the hdd but now after spacing no need ade....temp hovers nicely between 35 and 40

yeah so far i think that is the best way

btw what is that plastic infront of ur fan ???? what for ???

This post has been edited by 2uk3y: Apr 29 2006, 12:23 PM

u mean the cooper cooler???
i got 2 hdd/s the top and the bottom.. thecenter is for floopy.. unfortunately cant remove it. as the floppy hole is permanently at the fron panel...


that my DIY ducting...
is that rite.. ducting. i saw it in ur garage sales...
bend it using hard plastic..

according my fingertip termometer... the heat at the right side are lower than the left side.. still hot.. but less hot than b4,..
ehm.. hav to try diff method...

thanks for the idea man..

put ur hdd on bottom/base of casing

take out the floppy drive la.. less people using floppy these years

i took it out edi, summore increasing my casing weight load since it all steel, take it out, u have more air space between ur harddisks.

thanks for the idea man......
i've thought of this b4.. but afraid if i might use it..
can i just use usb floppy for laptop ??