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Where did you get the kinetic cooler? Must be a prototype, Is it good?!? Also awesome build!Hello all,
Here's my contribution to the A4-SFX community; I've designed and printed some custom door clips to fix the sagging issue as well as some custom cable combs to best route the cables in the limited space!
If you're interested in getting the .stls so you can print these items, checkout my Case Modding Thread.
If you're interested in further pics for my build, check out this Imgur Collection.
Props to my awesome roommate for these amazing pics!!
So here are the pics:
I live in the U.S. and ordered it direct from Amazon; the make/model is the Thermaltake Engine 27 and can be found here on Amazon.
That's cool, I thought those coolers were still in the prototyping/testing phase, not bad reviews on Amazon too, are you happy with it?
Maybe you could try flock spray, it might dampen the sound reflection a bit and would look kind of cool.... Not sure how easy it is to dust though...Ducting of the LP53 fan yielded a 3 degree improvement in temperatures! The duct was created to cover as much of the side panel as possible to increase the effective available side panel area, reducing the restriction on airflow, especially when I do eventually have demci filters installed.
The only downside here is that there is more noise due to the duct reflecting the noise from the fan back and fourth between the side panel and the duct until the sound escapes, rather than being absorbed within the case.
Testing was done at full RPM for a fair comparison. The increased efficiency should reduce the required RPMs, but my feeling is that it is likely not enough to make it quieter. Making the duct out of a felted material should reduce the effect of sound reflection, but more effective acoustically would be to not have the duct more parallel rather than flared out. So weighing up the benefits of increase side panel utilisation vs acoustic amplification of a flared duct.
Here are some photos of the duct that I put together with cardboard from the box for the SF450 and some masking tape.
I had it spare from my full ATX build and thought i'd see if it fits, it wedges perfectly in between my memory and the case
Can I buy your dan a4 please?
Well, yes and no.
He lowered it only by 1cm and was only using a i5 4750 with Intel Stock Cooler.
Hi guys, first time poster here, have been lurking for a while, ever since I placed my order on kickstarter.
Here is what I gained:
Granted: Delidding the 6700K brought down the temps by 17° (delta from 67° to 50°), but the fan duct reduced it by another 6° (delta from 50° to 44°).
I created my custom fan curve in SpeedFan (I could do the same in BIOS actually), which settles the fan speed @ 1800RPM creating a delta of 51°. Which to me is quite bearable, acousticly as well as thermally. It is not as silent as my R5 of course, but good enough to trade 48 liters of volume (the R5 is lovely, but big).
So there you go: It is probably the cheapest and easiest mod. It is certainly not beautiful, but it brings down your temps by 6° or it relaxes your fan speeds at equal temps.
I did not do this yet to my GPU (MSI GTX Gaming 10709 but I will try it at some point.
It might not only reduce temps on OCed systems with heavier load and heat output, but my understanding this is also to cool and prolong the longevity of the PSU itself?
Well, weren't the "1%" the ones that made your project happen?
1% of interested persons made the project happen. those are now 100% of Dan's customers.
