Raven45
01-22-2007, 01:53 AM
Well, I might be the new kid around this block. Plus, i'm not sure if this is the right sub forum to ask questions such as these... Well anyway I'll get straight to the point. As of now I am currently helping managed both a sound system and a powerpoint system for my church down here in Texas. The powerpoint system is fairly new. But... the youth minister, wanting to be the cheap B****** he is put an el cheapo Compaq on the system. He used a splitter to divert video to the operater's computer screen and the high dollar video scaler that we have. He then ran a vga cable from the scaler to a ceiling mounted projector. Now keep in mind that he's running from a 64mb onboard video.
Ok, the scaler and the projector setup he did pretty good. But the computer's a different story. Now mind you this was about 18 months ago. Well, six months later he got tired of the crappy video and had me put in a video card on the thing. The video had to be an ATI PCI card, because the el cheapo had no AGP or PCI-E slots. The card he got (can't remember what it is off the top of my head) does have dual-outputs. So I was able to get a proper setup on the video: VGA to the monitor and S-video to the Scaler. Plus, the video has just as much if not more ram than the actual computer. Yeah.
Well, couple of weeks ago the guy who is in charge of the thechnical systems decided to plan on replacing it. Well I ran the idea past him of just building our own. He's three quarter's of the way into buying into him. So now he's expecting a sample design.
Well I got on newegg and started jotting some notes together. Now I do hae some concerns about the system that I have put togethor so far. Expescially in regards to cooling. Here's the case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811204015
So I'm going to replace the two stock fans with quieter fans (It's a church, silence is VERY important, but the case is too small for a water cooler) and rig the system with heat spreaders for the memory, a vga cooler, and a harddrive fan, and a cpu fan. Now here's the question: What do I do about exhaust? I'm probably going to have to mod the case to allow for another fan to get the air out and moving a lil' better.
Now's here's another question. Would it be better just to use a heatsink instead of a cpu fan and then bolt an exhaust fan on the center top vent?
Ok, the scaler and the projector setup he did pretty good. But the computer's a different story. Now mind you this was about 18 months ago. Well, six months later he got tired of the crappy video and had me put in a video card on the thing. The video had to be an ATI PCI card, because the el cheapo had no AGP or PCI-E slots. The card he got (can't remember what it is off the top of my head) does have dual-outputs. So I was able to get a proper setup on the video: VGA to the monitor and S-video to the Scaler. Plus, the video has just as much if not more ram than the actual computer. Yeah.
Well, couple of weeks ago the guy who is in charge of the thechnical systems decided to plan on replacing it. Well I ran the idea past him of just building our own. He's three quarter's of the way into buying into him. So now he's expecting a sample design.
Well I got on newegg and started jotting some notes together. Now I do hae some concerns about the system that I have put togethor so far. Expescially in regards to cooling. Here's the case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811204015
So I'm going to replace the two stock fans with quieter fans (It's a church, silence is VERY important, but the case is too small for a water cooler) and rig the system with heat spreaders for the memory, a vga cooler, and a harddrive fan, and a cpu fan. Now here's the question: What do I do about exhaust? I'm probably going to have to mod the case to allow for another fan to get the air out and moving a lil' better.
Now's here's another question. Would it be better just to use a heatsink instead of a cpu fan and then bolt an exhaust fan on the center top vent?