Give me another Sunday afternoon and I'll have that figured out for you. I still have plexi left over and another fan. Modding supposed to be fun...especially for 5 bucks.
what if you had it suck cold air from the pci slot and vent the hot air up using the fan. It seems like it would be much more efficient to pull the hot air up then to force it out the back of the case.
It's not so much about creating a turbulent airflow over the GPU, it's more about removing the dead air pockets that reside over almost the entire PCI/AGP region. It's just the way most ATX cases work. Even if no "Cool air" is being drawn in, there's still tremendous benefit from circulating the warm air away from the GPU.
Now this is what it's all about. Now you're thinking like a modder. I suggest heading down to the nearest Home Depot, pick up that 3 buck 8x10 sheet of plexi and create one on your own.
I know that I'm going to revise my simple mockup to see if I can get more elaborate and keep it under $5. Glad the article got you thinking!
Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited November 2004
That's contact cement tho. Which I don't think is cyanoacrylate. But then maybe they call super glue "contact cement" up there.
What I wanna know is what superglue does to solder masks. For some strange reason, I seem to remember reading or hearing somewhere or something that they don't get along well.
I think what Geeky's getting at is "will the fumes from 'super glue' (cyanoacrylate) break down the solder or PCB material?"
Have I got that correct?
A CSI Miami trick is that super glue fumes will adhere to surface areas such and can reveal fingerprints. Place the object in a sealed space with an open amount of super glue..wait...fingerprints will be revealed.
In a PC there is constant air movement. The super glue will have dried thus no fumes. To the best of my knowledge there will be no harm. I have read nothing about the dangers of cyanoacrylate around solder masks.
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited November 2004
Almost, but I'm not talking about the fumes. You ever left a nasty solvent like Goof Off on say, ABS plastic before?
It does things. Very Bad things. Like melting the plastic. Cyanoacrylate (or superglue, whichever you prefer) is not a nice cocktail of chemicals. I was simply wondering whether putting superglue on a PCB would cause any harm to the PCB while it's drying.
For some reason, i seem to remember that the two don't mix very well. Oh well. Maybe my memory is just going. (Don't say it Prime, I'm downloading it now... )
Oh, and that thing on CSI isn't just a movie trick.
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/me gets out a fiver and heads to Home Depot
Give me another Sunday afternoon and I'll have that figured out for you. I still have plexi left over and another fan. Modding supposed to be fun...especially for 5 bucks.
your fan?
~Cyrix
I know that I'm going to revise my simple mockup to see if I can get more elaborate and keep it under $5. Glad the article got you thinking!
I really should learn to expect these things. :shakehead
Let's see. dictionary.com says... "An adhesive substance with an acrylate base that is used in industry and medicine."
Do hospitals use super glue?
What I wanna know is what superglue does to solder masks. For some strange reason, I seem to remember reading or hearing somewhere or something that they don't get along well.
Have I got that correct?
A CSI Miami trick is that super glue fumes will adhere to surface areas such and can reveal fingerprints. Place the object in a sealed space with an open amount of super glue..wait...fingerprints will be revealed.
In a PC there is constant air movement. The super glue will have dried thus no fumes. To the best of my knowledge there will be no harm. I have read nothing about the dangers of cyanoacrylate around solder masks.
It does things. Very Bad things. Like melting the plastic. Cyanoacrylate (or superglue, whichever you prefer) is not a nice cocktail of chemicals. I was simply wondering whether putting superglue on a PCB would cause any harm to the PCB while it's drying.
For some reason, i seem to remember that the two don't mix very well. Oh well. Maybe my memory is just going. (Don't say it Prime, I'm downloading it now...
Oh, and that thing on CSI isn't just a movie trick.
20 second "huh? time before I got that one. Varrrry good....Varrrrrry good.
hard to take off if you want to switch cooling systems...and depending on how large the heatsink you attach is, you may rip the gpu off the card.
They sure do Gr8. They use a milder form of "super glue" in place of stitches all the time.
1. Seals wound against infection
2. Less scarring that stitches.