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New custom car PC enclosure finished!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="blert" data-source="post: 734448" data-attributes="member: 64702"><p>That's fantastic! I was thinking of putting one into my console but this is a better idea I think. Heat BUILD-UP is going to be your main concern, even when using an EPIA setup, especially if your hard-drives are mounted in the same space. You could, as you said, install a fan to circulate the air but you may want to consider just cutting slits into the plexi instead. This would allow some of the heat to escape while not having to deal with the noise the extra fan would introduce. A fan would also most likely get filthy quick and a dirty fan is an inefficient fan. I would also go so far as removing the HSF from the CPU and the giant heatsink from the mobo and water-cool it. That would get rid of yet another fan for even more noise reduction.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also remember... heat rises. Mount your hard-drives low in the compartment so that they are away from the higher temps in the top of the compartment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blert, post: 734448, member: 64702"] That's fantastic! I was thinking of putting one into my console but this is a better idea I think. Heat BUILD-UP is going to be your main concern, even when using an EPIA setup, especially if your hard-drives are mounted in the same space. You could, as you said, install a fan to circulate the air but you may want to consider just cutting slits into the plexi instead. This would allow some of the heat to escape while not having to deal with the noise the extra fan would introduce. A fan would also most likely get filthy quick and a dirty fan is an inefficient fan. I would also go so far as removing the HSF from the CPU and the giant heatsink from the mobo and water-cool it. That would get rid of yet another fan for even more noise reduction. Also remember... heat rises. Mount your hard-drives low in the compartment so that they are away from the higher temps in the top of the compartment. [/QUOTE]
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