Cooling Shrouds are awesome, even if they are ghetto-fabulous

wow....

I had my BIX mounted in my case with two 120mm papst fans mounted directed to it. The temps were OK, bu I wasnt all that happy with them. So The other night I completely rebuilt my system. I was even able to trim about 6 inches of tubing by just reworking my routing.

But anyways, on with the main part of this thread. I took some of my erector set pieces (I loved erector,lego and kenex when i was younger) and used them to rais the pushing fan about an inch from the rad. I then wraped this framework in duct tape to create an airtight seal. My temps have gone down by 7*C!

 

I should do the same on my BIX2 ... maybe that would bring down my already awesome temps ... hehe. When my G5 Alu case is finished I`ll do that I suppose.

Cheers

Fred

 

Its a shame no-one is selling them yet. I have a WTD add out for a dead 120mm fan to do the job for me.

 

i made mine out of cardboard and packing tape

 

I picked up a cheap 120mm fan last week in the forums, i've already chopped the fan out and gave it a bit spit and polish and plan on using the housing/frame as a shroud when mounting the fan on to my bix. i'll post some pics once i get it all attached.

 

I've got 2 dead titan alu frame fans that kustom pc's sent me (free ), I just need to get another 1 from somewhere, then I'm gonna use them as shrouds

 

I really like #Rotor's approach, actually.

 

Just blown £5.29 on a Sanyo 120mm High-Power "B-Grade"
(38mm deep) to be hacked into a shroud.

A bit extravagant

 

Hey thats not a bad idea!

 

i got my 120mm fans from xoxide 2.99 (USD) a pop they are still selling them..... and they are green uv reactive to boot