wamason Posted December 17, 2003 Hey guys, have another question for anyone who will give me an answer. I'm looking into purchasing a Sunbeam Overclocker's Kit, if anyone is not familiar with it, it's basically a 80mm round tube that goes from the top of the CPU heatsink, to a fan or port on the outside of the case. My plan is to place a Vantec Tornado 80mm fan at the case opening, and pipe in air via the tube to the CPU Heatsink. Would I be better of leaving the fan on the heatsink, and just mounting another fan on my case wall directly over that and skipping the sunbeam mod all together? Any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asus Posted December 17, 2003 Sounds good, i know that air conditioning is real dry air, so thats good!, just make shure its not raining or water is comming through the pipe, lol!! But it could work, if set up proporally! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
O(V)eGA_l2el) Posted December 17, 2003 Sounds interesting, post pics when finished. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wamason Posted December 17, 2003 My house stays pretty dry year round (even thought I live in southern Mississippi), the humidity level is not very high in my house. This would pipe in air directly from outside of the case, instead of pulling air into the heatsink that's already in the case. I think I'm going to run the tube straight out of the CPU Heatsink to the case wall, cut a 80mm hole, and put a Vantec Tornado 80mm fan there with a grill. That should force a good bit of outside air directly onto the Heatsink. Do you guys think I should place the fan on the heatsink and then run the tube to the outside, or place the fan on the opposite end of the tube from the heatsink and processor. I hope it'll work. I'll let you know how it turns out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kobalt Posted December 17, 2003 With a tornado and a small tubing lenth you will not need the HS fan, in fact it will be in the way of the tornado air pressure. Tornado in the case wall should be enough If it was from the front of the case maybe(cause of the lenth of the tube) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wamason Posted December 17, 2003 What I meant was should I place just the tornado at the end of the tube on the heatsink, or at the opposite end of the tube coming into the case? Sorry for the confusion. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kobalt Posted December 17, 2003 (edited) That's what i said , if your lenth of the duct is small put the tornado fan on the case wall, no cpu fan, if you put it also being a lesser speed fan it will be in the way of the faster fan. And if you put it at the case wall you'll have less noise since the air pressure will be diminished but on the other hand you will get a better coverage of your HS (no fan hub in the way) like the Tt ducting mods do Edited December 17, 2003 by kobalt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
