Blowholes

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Don't know about you folks, but the top of my towers are covered in stuff (2*UPS, video capture hub, 2 cameras), it'd be the worst place possible for a fan.

[scutterboy]

Originally posted by jaeger
Thats why you install fan filters on the intakes. Clean them once a month and all is well.

Part of the current design for the heat loop is doubtless due to cost as well. Cases are simply more expensive when they are designed in a non-standard way. If you are going to pay over $150 (which I'm assuming is a low estimate for that 't' case) why not just watercool a standard case?

All in all an interesting design on that case, but it's footprint is noticably different from my current case and I'm not even sure it would fit in my desk.

Yeah, the footprint is very unusual. It's actually really inexpensive though. I've seen it for £60 (UK sterling) Which is really cheap given the 400W PSU. Its about £15 more than I'd pay for a basic low range case. Water cooled cases are far more than that. it's called the i-tee case. Run a search and see if it's reasonable where you are??

I think I might invest in one when my studio starts our next project cycles.

Of the hundreds of cases (Dell, clones and SGi) we have, only one ever came with a filter, and the rest of the case was rubbish . I couldn't ever afford the time to clean them all. Sensible but not really practical for my organisation.

[jaeger]

Filters are 3 bucks a pop and if you mount them on the back of a fan it takes all of 5 minutes a computer to remove them, clean them with a toothbrush, and put them back on. I've even seen a modification where you could pull the filter out the bottom of the bezel.

Still, my biggest gripe on that i-tee case: how in sam hell would you put a window in?

[scutterboy]

Originally posted by jaeger

Still, my biggest gripe on that i-tee case: how in sam hell would you put a window in?

I've been looking at it too. Pretty effin tough was my answer..
You could have one on either side of the front which might give an unusual effect.

[jaeger]

Originally posted by scutterboy


I've been looking at it too. Pretty effin tough was my answer..
You could have one on either side of the front which might give an unusual effect.

The way I see it you would remove basically both sides of the case and bend sheets of plexi to take the metals place. Easier said than done of course. Complete bragging rights for the first person to do it of course. But the paintjob and bezel mod are where this case really shows some possibilities. Would be extremely easy to give it a Wing Commander\Star Wars look. On second look, if you were a mad bastard with an airbrush you could make it look like a Stalker mech from battletech. Damn that would be sweet.

[scutterboy]

Originally posted by jaeger
On second look, if you were a mad bastard with an airbrush you could make it look like a Stalker mech from battletech. Damn that would be sweet.

You're nuts. I'd like to see some mods of it.

[Archangel42069]

Has anyone found a reseller...? Only place I can find is Microdirect in the UK.

[scutterboy]

http://computers4brits.adur.net/Default.htm

This company do exports so it might be able to ship them to the US.

[delmer_1]

well, i have no skill, so i bought a case that is already modded. IT has a blowhole on top, and i love it.

it has an 80mm exhaust fan on the top
two 80mm exhaust fans on the rear
an 80mm intake fan on the side(center of window)
and a 120mm intake fan on the front.

i also added one of those exhaust fans that mount in the slot area, and one of those 5.25 bay hard drive coolers with the 3 fans. needless to say, it is loud, but my CPU temp has dropped about 15degrees since installing everything in this case. (it now runs at around 111 degress instead of the 126 that it used to)
my point it, a blowhole in the top is a nice thing, so is an intake on the side. i stuck my hand in the case last night, and the amount of airflow was amazing.

[DonJ]

When I first saw the thread title, Blowholes, I thought it was another rant about stupid customers...

Anyway, HP was really concerned about

Most cases have the intake at floor level ... these fill with loads of crap

They designed their 3000 Series 950/960 with a bank of huge 240 volt fans blowing down from the top and another bank of the same fans blowing down at the bottom of the equipment rack. These fans had so much air flow that they over rode the "heat rises" physics and forced all of the air out of the bottom. Thus, no dust, hairballs, etc. came in through the bottom. And, the intake filters all stayed pretty clean since they were high up off of the floor. I thought it was a pretty good design but as stated above, they were pretty darn noisy.