Rethinking the case

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:59 am

Is anyone out there doing anything out of the ordinary to bring us a case that is setup a little different? My point is that almost every case has airflow problems, the drives are always in the same place etc etc etc. And most of the new "desktop" boxes are just towers laying on their sides.

I mean... how about rethinking the whole configuration?

dj_tigger1982 · Post by **dj_tigger1982** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 9:17 am

hmmm, good idea, i think i might get on the case.

I had an idea a while ago to improve the air flow in my old case, and it worked, i used some car air ducting that was 60mm wide, and strapping a fan @ the front sucking air in, and one @ the back expelling the air, this ran in a chicane shape staring @ the bottom front of the case, and up past the back of the hard disks and then across to teh back of the case, and it passes over the cpu fan, with an opening and that drawasair from the front down to the cpu fan, however some air continues out the back,it kept my hard disk tempatures down, and when i added my round IDE cables and new zalman flower cpu fan, it kept my tempatures really low, well as low as 38

hehe, i might market my nice invention or even sell some cases like that... LOL none of you steal my ideas....... hehe

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:11 am

Originally posted by dj_tigger1982
none of you steal my ideas ...

< note to self: to improve the air flow in a case, use some car air ducting that is 60mm wide, and strap a fan @ the front sucking air in, and one @ the back expelling the air, run it in a chicane shape starting @ the bottom front of the case, and up past the back of the hard disks and then across to the back of the case, and pass it over the cpu fan, with an opening that draws air from the front down to the cpu fan. >

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 12:46 pm

I think a PC built in a Sono tube like a boom box would be cool. Speakes in both ends, control panel and drives at the midway point.
to look something like this

torsten · Post by **torsten** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 2:54 pm

I think Enermax claims their slanted aluminum ones have better cooling. Don't know why that would be tho. They're nice looking but really expensive.
Maybe they're afraid that few people would buy a case that doesn't conform to standards that most components are built for. I mean some motherboards won't fit in AT and ATX, so there could be real compatibility issues with a radical new design.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:25 pm

That does look rather funky.

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:42 pm

it reminds me of the robot ship from starwars that roams on tatooine...

Hopeful · Post by **Hopeful** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 3:42 pm

Originally posted by Hopeful
it reminds me of the robot ship from starwars that roams on tatooine...

only its upside down

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:10 pm

Tattooine. Bleh.

A guy is doing his own Mac cases.

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,58310,00.html#

dj_tigger1982 · Post by **dj_tigger1982** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:21 pm

i read this post while i was @ work ,and i decided on how to maximize the airflow, i have a few ideas, and i am gonna try and find out how to get them put into practice.... watch this space

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:35 pm

Originally posted by Chris
I think a PC built in a Sono tube like a boom box would be cool. Speakes in both ends, control panel and drives at the midway point.
to look something like this

my boom box!