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 Pro/Mini - The Uber LAN Box
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Date Posted: Feb 2 2001
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Author: Joe
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Posting Type: Article
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Category: ProCooling Projects
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Page: 4 of 10
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Pro/Mini - The Uber LAN Box By: Joe
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Pro/Mini - The Uber Lan Box - Day 4
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DAY 4-
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Cut'n the last hole, and getting the res. tank built
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Well... Shipping Delays suck don't they? Over the 4th and 5th day little happened due to me still waiting for some of the key cooling system parts ( Pump, Block, Cold plate, sealant) from Overclock-watercool.com and a load of goodies from Coolerguys.com. But I was able to do a lot of planning and work on the design of the cooling system
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The Last case hole for a fan was cut. the 92mm fan placement on the back of the case is key as it is the exhaust for the inside of the case.
Reason for not using a 120mm there? - With the 80mm in the PSU, and the 92mm in the back it will equal or be very close to the total CFM of the 120mm so it should encourage a balanced static pressure in the case.
Coolerguys.com was supplying the 92mm Sunon 2800RPM fan. The nice rubber grommet was from Case Etc. I love that stuff, keeps it all nice and safe, no worry about slivers or sharp edges.
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I got 6 CompuNurses from Coolerguys.com for the DH3 article but only used 5. So I had one left over and mounted it in the front of the case. It will be later attached to the CPU core to give a accurate core temp reading.
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This was one of the most troublesome issues with the system. How to make the res. tank fit yet still hold enough coolant. It took most of Day 5 and the destruction of four res. tanks to build one that fit perfectly.
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Its not that complicated of a setup, but by putting the fittings on the back like that I eliminated the need to take up possibly a 2nd 5 1/4 bay to run hose. But to make this work I needed to do some creative case work and engineering.
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Later in the article you will see why I did this, but it will allow the coolant runs run down the back of the drive cage and keep em fully out of sight. But I had to cut one of the main sources of stability of the back plate, the top brace. I took some Brass Box bar and drilled a big hole on one side and a small one on the other. I then drilled and tapped holes and anchored he brass bar onto the back plate. The Result was a VERY sturdy and very out of the way solution.
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The small Nuclear power station in yer case.
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Anyone else got wood? that's 650watts of pure OC'n-Supa Cool'n-Fan Power'n- Silence.
Its a SUPER quiet psu.. scary its so quiet. I am just in awe of this PSU. I am buying 2 for DH3 (one for the main PC parts and one just for Pelts). It runs COLD with all the gear in the Mini including a 130watt pelt on it!
More on this later.
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