Antec P150 airflow idea
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Antec P150 airflow idea
Hello,
I recently bought an Antec P150. It works great! I have however pondered if the airflow really is optimal in this case.
What I'm thinking is: Is the air intake on the back of the case necessary? If one blocks this intake, more air would flow in through the front and cool the harddrive. And this might be positive for the longevity of the harddrive. My guess is that the back intake is designed for a hot GPU, something most of us do not have.
Regarding noise level, I am not sure which intake produce the more noise: the muffled, but more physically close, front intake, or the back intake. Maybe someone has done some empirical studies?
The only negative aspect of blocking the back intake I can think of is that the airflow through the front *might* become louder, since the pressure increases and the air is pushed through pretty small openings.
My system is low power and temps are also very low. Around 30+ C on both CPU and HD. I have an AMD 64 1,4 GHz, a simple ATI GPU, and a Samsung Spinpoint suspended in the front.
Finally, since this is my first post, I would like to say a big thank you to all the staff at this website! You guys rock. I have learnt a lot about silent computers here.
I recently bought an Antec P150. It works great! I have however pondered if the airflow really is optimal in this case.
What I'm thinking is: Is the air intake on the back of the case necessary? If one blocks this intake, more air would flow in through the front and cool the harddrive. And this might be positive for the longevity of the harddrive. My guess is that the back intake is designed for a hot GPU, something most of us do not have.
Regarding noise level, I am not sure which intake produce the more noise: the muffled, but more physically close, front intake, or the back intake. Maybe someone has done some empirical studies?
The only negative aspect of blocking the back intake I can think of is that the airflow through the front *might* become louder, since the pressure increases and the air is pushed through pretty small openings.
My system is low power and temps are also very low. Around 30+ C on both CPU and HD. I have an AMD 64 1,4 GHz, a simple ATI GPU, and a Samsung Spinpoint suspended in the front.
Finally, since this is my first post, I would like to say a big thank you to all the staff at this website! You guys rock. I have learnt a lot about silent computers here.
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You are learning well Grass Hopper.Silenator wrote:It is apparently difficult to make the perfect case.
The perfect case will never exist, however, you can build your case to suit your needs and/or your vision of perfection. When you are complete others may find flaws or have better/different ideas for your case.
We all have varied opinions of the perfect case.
The perfect case for us ALL can only exist in utopia.
Re: Antec P150 airflow idea
My empirical study lead me to discover that the front intake was the source of most of my remaining noise. (Not surprising, as the drives are right there practically in the open!) I run a very similar setup as yours (celeron 1.4ghz, suspended spinpoint), and with a 5v fan in my PSU and a soft-mounted 120mm nexus at 5v in the rear, my spinpoint was the loudest thing left in my case by far. With lots of experimentation I ended up blocking the front intake. Temperatures rose somewhat, but are still quite safe, and the system is now silent. I posted pictures in the gallery recently. You can find them here:Silenator wrote:Hello,
Regarding noise level, I am not sure which intake produce the more noise: the muffled, but more physically close, front intake, or the back intake. Maybe someone has done some empirical studies?
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=28152