Project: Черный ящик

[Omega]

that airflow will just recirculate the air in that case unless you make ducts for the intake and exhaust.

Jus' saying.

[Helix666]

Hmm...


/me goes to work out how much space would be saved by having the mobo vertical.

/me also goes to work out a solution to the airflow problem

[Killdrath]

for the airflow, could you have both those sets of fans blowing in, then have exhausts out the top/bottom near the mobo? Not sure how much room you're dealing with here.

[DonT-FeaR]

Do this for cooling:

[Helix666]

yeah, that might be better for airflow. And it would allow me to move the mobo vertical rather than horizontal. Thus making the case smaller.



and on a related note, I'm going to college from the 5th of September, so this will be backgrounded for now.

However, I will still get it done. May take me a while, but I'll get it done.

[Helix666]

OK, I've been giving this some thought. And I've decided that going along the lines of the Cray, with it's horseshoe(ish) shape, will cause a few issues if (when) I come to build it.

1) The total diameter will be huge, and I don't think I've got the space to deal with that.
2) While rate of airflow might be quite high, the actual flow itself may not be ideal.

Therefore, I have decided to change it quite a lot.

I want to keep the black and red theme, and it will still be circular. However, the new design will have a smaller cross section, and improved cooling design..

/* TODO: Put sketches in this thread. */

[Helix666]

Unfortunately, due to the only PC in the house that can run the scanner being DITW, I can't upload my plans.
So, I will resort to ASCII Art.
(\/\/0\/\/!11! T3H L337!!eleventyone! )

          +---------+
          |XXXXXXXXX|
          +---------+
         /           \
        +-------------+
        |             |
        | +-----------+
        | |           |
        | |    +-+    |
        | |    | |    |
        | |    +-+    |
        | |           |
        | +-----------+
        |             |
        +-------------+
       /|\           /|\
       || +---------+ ||
       || |XXXXXXXXX| ||
       || +---------+ ||
       ++             ++

OK, that was awful, but I will triumph. (eventually)
The bits marked 'XXXXXXXXX' are the cooling fans.
(Planned Antec Big Boy 200s. (200mm))
The larger square in the middle is the mobo, the smaller square is the CPU cooler (but you already knew that. )

Feel free to ask questions... or beat me with a stick. Whichever.

Oh, and before I forget, I'm making sure that the feet absorb as much vibration (and hence noise) as possible and that I can turn the fans down to a slower speed so that I can sleep with the box running.

[DonT-FeaR]

Looks good, can't wait too see the worklogs.