a case like dell

matkeys · 31 Aug 2010 at 18:51

is there any cases out there that are like the dell 9150 case,
were the duct for the fan is a direct feed from outside to a tuniq style cpu cooler.
ive always wanted to build in to a del case like this as my dad has the dimension 9150,
and the cpu stay very cool even when gaming. as then i thought of making a piece of
ducting to just fly the cpu hot air right out the back using a push pull config

Tefal · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:10

You'd be best off asking in case central mate

Cosimo · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:11

Tefal said:
You'd be best off asking in case central mate

He has http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18181233

You never know he might get his answer from here.

Superficial · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:35

the OP makes a good point - every air cooled case should get its air from outside the chassis - as it is most of the air cooled CPU's are having already warm air blown onto them.

JonJ678 · 31 Aug 2010 at 19:40

The drawback is accumulating dust even faster than normal.

You can use any case with a 120mm rear fan. Turn the fan around, run ducting to the heatsink, and put a fan on the other side of the heatsink for good measure.

wilko49 · 1 Sep 2010 at 14:36

would be an easy mod....
if you don't want to cut up the case, you could use some 6" radius plastic tubing to duct air from a front intake the cooler

oLysmoLy · 7 Sep 2010 at 15:11

looks a bit clutterd but i can see the order in it

alex24 · 7 Sep 2010 at 15:14

That case isn't an ATX case, so you're looking for BTX cases (I think), but they won't take standard motherboards.

My advice if you want a cooler fed cool air from the outside - use a Corsair H50 or H70 CPU cooler and have the fans set as an intake. I don't think there are large gains to be had anyway, providing your current case has half decent airflow.