In my search for the ultimate in cooling...

[Thelonepixel]

I just did something that got RESULTSSSSSS!!!!!

You know the aluminum grille some cases have that protect the case fans? I took a pair of tin snips to mine, opening them up, it dropped the case temp by 15 or so degrees and the cpu by 20. Used to run 135-140+ under full load depending on the room temp, the chip idles at 114 now and around 120+ while gaming, this is nutts, there is a BUTT LOAD more air flowing now, super. The only drawback will be dust.. and I gots compressed air.

 

[G0AOZ]

Presumably this would also mean the fan(s) could ingest larger items like pens, toys, coins or SMALL FINGERS. Nice eh...

Maybe you need to think about the safety aspect of removing these protective grills.

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[Thelonepixel]

Well the case has a cover, the only fan that is exposed is the rear one, and I dont have kids! Its cool I'll grab some road cones and an early warning radar, that'll fix it!

 

[PCLine]

Thelonepixel,just for safety's sake; You wouldn't happen to have some electricity in that machine, eh? You know how dangerous that stuff can be!

In fact, now I think about it, that electricity stuff is stored in my walls, I just syphon it out with that cable stuff. But yesterday I was hammering nails into it...I could have been killed!



OMG.