FoxtrotDeltaTango

I see PC purist complain about their cooling so much.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56904751

Mar 16 at 3:33pmWeb
Show threadreal_squidsMar 16
Hook an industrial chiller to that mf
Show threadbrucethemooseMar 16

Or better yet: ducts.

I have zero case fans in my PC.

Show threadKlearMar 16
I have only fans in my PC.
Show threadbrucethemooseMar 16

Also, as a bonus, put a cheap 4-inch AC filter on that box fan.

Now you have:

  • Zero dust in your PC

  • Noise dampening

  • A high CFM air purifier, right in your room.

Show threadtburkholMar 16
Get a 20x20x4" filter, and the fan will suck it right to itself. Don’t even need mounting materials.
Show threadfuckwit_mcbumcrumbleMar 16
I do that with my tower fan and it’s incredible. Just zip tied the filter on and let er blast.
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumMar 16

Sure its a joke, but have you not seen the lengths people have gone to cool machines?

Submerged in mineral oil baths, liquid cooling from diy to expensitivo pro systems, fanless 100lbs copper heatsinks.

Stupid? Almost certainly, but not because of our innability to use big fans.

Show threadArbitraryValueMar 16
But people actually do do this, if for some reason a PC is overheating or the built-in fans are making too much noise. A big fan running slowly moves more air more quietly than a bunch of little fans. I even wired an external DC fan into the PC’s power supply once so that I wouldn’t have to plug them in separately.
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeMar 16
My experience is that this also builds up a pretty spectacular amount of dust inside the case, so regular vacuum cleaning is called for.
Show threadlime!Mar 16
that’s why you use a custom water cooling loop connected to a car radiator outside.
Show threadSalamenceFuryMar 16

Or better, connected straight into your pool!

Wait.

Show threadkrashmoMar 16
Point the fan outwards and pull heat out instead of pushing cool air in. Problem solved.
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeMar 16

Problem not solved. You’ll still collect dust wherever there’s intake.

The filter is probably the best solution IME.

Show threadTikiporchMar 16
Whole home hepa hvac filter on the intake side?
Show threadJohnnyEnzymeMar 16
Yes, something like that!
Show threadBakedCatboyMar 16
And then there’s me with a 9800x3d with a low profile cooler in a fractal ridge. It only throttles under synthetic tests so I just say fuck it and let it run at whatever temp it wants to run at.
Show threadEp1cFac3pa1mMar 16
I had to do this with a PC once. I upgraded the GPU in an old HP, and then it would overheat playing Modern Warfare 2. Finally just took off the side of the case and pointed a box fan at it. Never overheated again.
Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉Mar 16
Damn, came to comment the same thing, and it also was an HP.
Show threadunexposedhazardMar 16
This doesnt work with dense fin stacks though, because there is not enough pressure to push the air in between the fins. This would only work with very low power systems or heatsinks specifically designed for this kind of fan.
Show threadWildmimicMar 16
I have to disagree, i have worked around overheating pc components in gaming machines with taking off the case wall and pointing a room fan at it more times than i went to admit. This works fine, even if it’s an ugly solution and literally a “hotfix”
Show threadunexposedhazardMar 16
Oh yeah for sure it improves things over a closed case, but its not gonna replace your CPU fan is what i meant. The big fan just removes the hot ambient air and allows the cpu/gpu fans to get access to cooler air.
Show threadmushroommunkMar 16
This isn’t meant to replace internal fans, just case fans like in the picture
Show threadunexposedhazardMar 16
Not really clear as you cant see inside case but fair enough.
Show threadslazer2auMar 16
I have done this. Heat in Australian summer and high end games requires more cooling then the stock Intel fan.
Show threadceenoteMar 16
For $700, that little fan better be able to blow, if you know what I mean…
Show threadHyonoKoMar 16
I did this before discovering one could change the CPU’s thermal paste.
Show threadLushed_LungfishMar 16
Yeah I did this in university.
Show threadDarkCloudMar 16
A single picture isn’t really a comic strip.
Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉Mar 16
what if the artist strips while drawing it?
Show threadedgemaster72Mar 16

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author’s website, for instance).

Emphasis mine

Show threadDarkCloudMar 16
Still not really a comic strip.
Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉Mar 16

I did that once in one build.

It was a shitty PC that I kept upgrading, but for some reason kept the case. so when it kept overheating,I just put a box fan just like that

Show threadSomeonelolMar 16
How well did it work?
Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉Mar 16

100%

of course it did.

it looked like shit, but it worked.

Show threadYellowParentiMar 17

Did you put an air filter or did you clean all the dust every month or two like I did?

Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉Mar 17
lol, were do you live? it got a wee dusty after a year but not even close to that,
Show threadYellowParentiMar 18
Lol, I just found the pic online. I basically just used canned air every 2 months and gave it a quick pass on the heat sinks and any possible dust bunnies. Nothing near as bad as the pic.
Show threadpurrtasticMar 16
Laughs in Mac Studio
Show threadFizzMar 17
Apples cooling solution has always been to let the device overheat and avoid trying to cool it. All their laptops before the arm series had major thermal issues.
Show threadpurrtastic6d ago
I ran hackintosh builds for 15 years and finally took the plunge to Apple hardware with an M1 Studio. It’s an incredible daily driver.
Show threadzod000Mar 16
It can and has been done, but this doesn’t work as well as people think in most cases. You need high static pressure fans for some of the good, dense fin heat sinks. There used to be some decent large, more open heat sinks that this worked well with.
Show threadLucidlethargyMar 16
I’ll stick with my $700 pc fan, thanks.