Crazy NZXT vent mod

[Rossi~]

Kinda cool, but i'm not sure that it would all that helpful.

hackaday
Watch the video

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/12/diy-casemod-features-fins-automatically-vents-your-rig/

Using an off-the-shelf fan controller, servo motor and Arduino board, plus some water-cut styrene parts he farmed out to an online shop, user SXRguyinMA outfitted his NZXT Tempest Evo case with a rad robotic cooling system. When the Arduino detects the temperature changing, it automatically actuates the servo to raise or lower the louvers accordingly, and the rig features a pair of supercapacitors that can store enough power to close the vents even if power is lost. There's also the all-important little red button to instantly make jaws drop.

Steve beat me by 3 minutes. http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1036286634#post1036286634

 

[Proxy]

Looks like what AlienWare uses on their cases.

 

[DDigital]

Well, anything that allows heat to naturally escape through the top should help cooling... but this is more of a "Cool Factor" mod than a practical mod, though it has elements of both.

Get's my stamp of approval (which is worth pretty much nothing).

 

[laithmeister]

nice bay device

 

[harrison0550]

Love the sound it makes when they open.

 

[deff]

Nicely done. Really like the update where the louvers close at a slower pace.

 

[Kryss2k]

I don't care if Alienware has done it - it's a nice mod... I'd like to see that type of mod expanded to make a Transformer-esque case =)

 

[German Muscle]

Make and sell them as kits.

 

[C7J0yc3]

That is friggen [H]ard! I wish I had the time or skill to do something like that.