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Morex T3500 Mod Fanless

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davidcesar

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MOREX T3500 FANLESS

hi friends,

I recently worked on a fanless system
low cost and good performance ideal for HTPC ..

now, after many attempts I can tell you that WORKS






FEATURES

Case Morex T3500 with upper net making outdoor
motherboard ASROCK H67M-ITX/HT
CPU Intel i3 2100 limited as 2100T
Ram DDR3 1333 2X 2GB with reduced timings
HD SSD OCZ vertex3 60 gb
DVD RW Sony optiarc
heathsinks Dynatron k520 and 4 heatpipes Xilence


CASE
My great Morex T3500 is ideal for this transformation:
compact, airy with a good power supply is now also available in
80w with power sufficient for this application.
I moved the top grill vent from inside to
outside with the help of some thickness in polyurethane,
so the heatsink is positioned without touching the net.

MOTHERBOARD
despite all the manipulations is always stable and allows for
facilitates energy management processor






CPU
intel 3 series proves to be an excellent choice for this project
I took it to 2,400 GHz with vcore which is around 1,000
I must say that I did some tests with others not so valids heathsinks and
despite temperature exceeds 80 degrees remained perfectly stable
as always ... great processor










HEATHSINK

now...the most important..the Dynatron k520 is for server2U ,is height
about 67mm. worked well enough alone .. but the temperature curve
during the torture test was in climb and I dont liked it.
So with the addition of 4 heathpipes derived from Xilence RAM Cooler
(just remove 3 screws and takes over a HP-efficient and with a soft tubing
malleable without the use of flame) everything is stabilized, the curve has flattened
and maximum temperatures are quite acceptables, under other systems
usually at high cost.
total cost of $ 60










below you can see the graph of the 30 minute test





the most interesting thing are the recovery times required which is achieved in only 6 minutes during which the system is fully usable






Here we compare the test on steacom






CONSIDERATIONS

-a fanless system have not problems if well done ...


-is as reliable as a system with fans


-the temperatures of this realization are:
46 idle, 64 full, mixed-use with reading Blue Ray 48/54


-These temperatures are 10 degrees highest of a desktop system with fan
but equal or lower compared to my 3 notebooks

-does not suffer the cpu .. does a similar job when placed on servers


-only problem: even at low temperature is a mini heater in my little studio ..
the temperature increases one degree .... I will see 'this summer ....

Any comments or objection or request more information
is most welcome
 
I thought hacking together a fanless rig using heat pipes, but I was planning on routing the heatpipes outside of the case. The fins need air flowing through them, whether forces by a fan, or circulated by convection. If you leave you leave the heatpipes in there, you're just creating a small oven.

Also, did you solder the heatpipes to the heatsink? Bending the fins together on the heatsink would definitely reduce efficiency.
 
Dr.Nut said:
I thought hacking together a fanless rig using heat pipes, but I was planning on routing the heatpipes outside of the case. The fins need air flowing through them, whether forces by a fan, or circulated by convection. If you leave you leave the heatpipes in there, you're just creating a small oven.

Also, did you solder the heatpipes to the heatsink? Bending the fins together on the heatsink would definitely reduce efficiency.
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interesting objections Dr.Nut!

-the device has not become an oven temperatures are good ..
even after prolonged use ... this also because 'the case is ventilated and the heat discharged at the top.
I confirm .. idle 46 degrees after 48 hours

-as regards the HP while obtaining a good result (they are only 6 degrees less hot that aluminum) i will rotate the heatsink 90 degrees and drill it to position HP
in an even more profitable way
 
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Very nice! I have to remember the "recycle RAM heatpipe" idea, in case I need additional cooling for something in the future.
 
I was thinking of a similar build- since this thread is 5 years old, does anyone have any thoughts as to how , if possible, it could be improved upon with newer tech?
 
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