Tubing material?
Tubing material?
I am looking for a tubing material that will stay in place. I don't know what you guys use, but I am thinking about adding an 80mm fan and using a tube to guide the air to my heatsink fan (or an existing fan). What do you suggest using?
- Sean
Sean, Check your local hardware store for some dryer vent hose, you can get plastic or aluminum, try the plastic,less chance of shorting anything out if by some chance it comes loose. doesn't cost to much,it's light weight, flexible, roughly the size of a 80mm fan, alot of your larger hardware chains may offer a couple of different size's. You could also use card board and good old duct tape to make proto type to see if the effort would be effective.
If the fan is on the door straight out from your processor, you could go super ghetto
and hack up a half liter coke bottle. (remove the label, top and bottoms)
Leave tabs on one end and you can screw it right to the fan. Use/make a filter to keep
dust out of your heat sink though, you'd be surprised how fast it can fill up.
Ultra light weight, non-conductive, and a good cheap test for temp gains. And it beats
getting wailed on for using Dad's stuff ($100 bucks?, Dude!)
and hack up a half liter coke bottle. (remove the label, top and bottoms)
Leave tabs on one end and you can screw it right to the fan. Use/make a filter to keep
dust out of your heat sink though, you'd be surprised how fast it can fill up.
Ultra light weight, non-conductive, and a good cheap test for temp gains. And it beats
getting wailed on for using Dad's stuff ($100 bucks?, Dude!)