Need help with Cooling related queries

[d6bmg]

^^ You don't have old mosquito net at your house?
About buying them, they will cost ~150/- each. Try that Lian Li reseller in E.

 

[saikiasunny]

1. You can use some kind of small metal pieces, and stick them with the help of double sided tape. If you want to go cheap, take a piece of cardboard, paint it black and stick it .
2. One of our forum members have bought some lian li dust filters. You can check out the latest purchase thread. I would say don't use dust filters for the fans. They don't allow very continuos airflow. Instead cover the unwanted openings

 

[101gamzer]

Exactly. There's not much to go wrong

Questions:
1) How do I block one of the fan vents?
2) What to use for dust filer? Also where to buy it. (Don't ask me to buy a whole mosquito net )

1)Any Good Clothing will cover fan vent
2)Contact Kbganesh He has bought a dust filter it is here I dont where he bought ,just contact him he is Up Online

EDIT:You Can Buy It From *www.xtremegx.com

 

[topgear]

to block fan vents use transparent cellophane paper - fold them 3-4 times to get the desired thickness - stick the using black tape with the cabby.

 

[d6bmg]

to block fan vents use transparent cellophane paper - fold them 3-4 times to get the desired thickness - stick the using black tape with the cabby.

White paper with Black cabinet = color mismatch = bad interior look.

 

[saikiasunny]

White paper with Black cabinet = color mismatch = bad interior look.

paint the paper black

 

[topgear]

White paper with Black cabinet = color mismatch = bad interior look.

they are colorless ( like water ) ie Transparent

 

[sharang.d]

Thanks everyone for your valuable inputs.
Time to try out and see what looks good

 

[sharang.d]

Played Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier for more than two hours on highest setttings.

CPU max- 45 degrees C
GPU max- 50 degrees C

Is it good?

 

[saikiasunny]

Of course, those are really nice temps

 

[sharang.d]

Why are compressed air cans recommended as opposed to vacuum cleaners/blowers for cleaning cabinets?

 

[d6bmg]

Why are compressed air cans recommended as opposed to vacuum cleaners/blowers for cleaning cabinets?

Static electricity problem. It is the same reason for which every PC components come in a electrostatic bag.

 

[sharang.d]

Okay but wouldn't a can of compressed air and a blower(using a vacuum machine) work in the same way?

 

[d6bmg]

Okay but wouldn't a can of compressed air and a blower(using a vacuum machine) work in the same way?

Blower runs manually. So no.

 

[sharang.d]

^Elaborate please?

 

[Chaitanya]

Why are compressed air cans recommended as opposed to vacuum cleaners/blowers for cleaning cabinets?

No idea what you mean....
I personally clean my cabby with compressed air from my Bicycle pump.. (You too may do this.)


A bicycle pump creates a lot of pressure & blows clouds of dust out from heatsinks twisted:BEWARE you have been warned of dust) ....

Also you may need an assistant for blowing the pump continuously.

 

[d6bmg]

^Elaborate please?

I'll explain the reason with the help of one example.
If vacuum cleaner were used, it may have created static electricity in the motherboard due to the fact that vacuum cleaner is ran by electricity. After cleaning when PC is started, that per-accumulated static electricity may damage the motherboard while being present with current electricity. That's why any dust cleaner which is run by electricity should be avoided.
Here blower is operated manually, not with electricity. So there is no chance of accumulation of static electricity in the motherboard and therefore completely safe.

 

[sharang.d]

@Chaitanya
Nice idea. Let's see if I can arrange one

@d6bmg
Thanks for the info. Imma look into it more

 

[hawx]

GUYS,need help urgently i have a zotac 9800 gt 1gb graphics card(synergy edition),i want to replace its stock cooler with an after market one...can any one suggest something and where i can buy the same in india...my budget is around 2.5k...

 

[topgear]

your gfx card is overheating ? Post The Load Temp.
Is this gfx card based on reference PCB model ? anyway, finding a aftermarket VGA cooler in here is next to impossible.