Better cooling!

PCarr78 · 10-01-02, 11:50 PM

Enhance cooling!

Get rid of those ****ty metal grilles/meshes covering your intake/exhausts!

Most cases come with thick, crappy grills on the case locations.

By cutting these off with a pair of shears (or even the wirecutter i used), you can :

a) Increase airflow

B) DRAMATICALLY reduce sound level of your fans. <-Seriously

It's tough on your hands if you use a wirecutter, but there's nothing wrong with a ghetto solution.

thcdru2k · 10-02-02, 12:48 AM

wow, thanks for the tip..can't believe no one has seemed to thought of this idea yet?

PCarr78 · 10-02-02, 12:53 AM

just came to me

Fans were iritatingly loud. Loud annoying whine.

Not now. and my case temp is lower, too,

I think people did it, but just never bothered to mention it.

I dont have a dremel, but when i figured out i could do it with wirecutters, i jumped on it.

Everyone should do it.

LORD-eX-Bu · 10-02-02, 01:03 AM

Yeah, I have like 6 fan punchout things I have to cut out, but this is a new case, so I will let it be for a while. Besides, other than my GF4 cooler and my Thermaltake Volcano 7+, I have seven other fans blowing in my computer. So, if temp starts risin in it, then I'll cut it, but for now, they stay.

10-01-02, 11:50 PM	#1
PCarr78 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 505	Better cooling! Enhance cooling! Get rid of those ****ty metal grilles/meshes covering your intake/exhausts! Most cases come with thick, crappy grills on the case locations. By cutting these off with a pair of shears (or even the wirecutter i used), you can : a) Increase airflow B) DRAMATICALLY reduce sound level of your fans. <-Seriously It's tough on your hands if you use a wirecutter, but there's nothing wrong with a ghetto solution.

10-02-02, 12:48 AM	#2
thcdru2k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 1,142	wow, thanks for the tip..can't believe no one has seemed to thought of this idea yet? __________________ Athlon XP 1.58GHz \| MSI KT3 Ultra2 \| 256MB DDR PC-3000 \| GeForce 4 ti4200 64mb @ 310/533 \| IBM 120GXP 40.0GB \| Det. 41.09 \| DX 9 RC2 \| Win XP SP1 11118 3DMarks

10-02-02, 01:03 AM	#4
LORD-eX-Bu Horus the pointy master Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 4,609	Yeah, I have like 6 fan punchout things I have to cut out, but this is a new case, so I will let it be for a while. Besides, other than my GF4 cooler and my Thermaltake Volcano 7+, I have seven other fans blowing in my computer. So, if temp starts risin in it, then I'll cut it, but for now, they stay. __________________ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

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10-02-02, 12:53 AM	#3
PCarr78 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 505	just came to me Fans were iritatingly loud. Loud annoying whine. Not now. and my case temp is lower, too, I think people did it, but just never bothered to mention it. I dont have a dremel, but when i figured out i could do it with wirecutters, i jumped on it. Everyone should do it.