I got myself thinking a bit today about some alternative cooling.
I am owner of a Fractal Define S case with 420mm radiator installed at top. Radiator had to be installed with tubing at back so it would reach CPU, which prevents me from installing back fan as exhaust even the thinnest 13mm thick models on the market. My friend just today suggested installing fan from outside of case which would look a bit odd to me aesthetically but would definitely do the job. Then why not to go full YOLO with some lets say more effective form of cooling.
If I had just installed 140mm to 120mm fan reduction at back of the case which would be connected to Flexible Aluminum Fan Ducting with PVC for Extractor Fans which would have a monster NF-A14 iPPC-3000 ip67 fan at the end of tubing which would be thrown out of the window as air-conditioning. Wiring would be inside the tubing. I would cut open a fan extension cable to make it even longer. I guess I would have to superglue or hotglue cable on each end of the tubing so it would not accidentally fall off while being thrown or hanging. Wiring of course would have to be a little longer than tube itself cause its rather stretchy by its looks and description. I am not sure how long should I make that tubing if you count from the edge of the window because those noctua fans which are rather disturbing while running at 100% RPM somewhere about 41dB I am already sorry for my neighbors at night.
I know its a bit farfetched idea but it would not be me if it did not went to extreme.
5m of 125mm wide tubing would be 14.99 GPB
140mm to 120mm fan reduction is just 3.99 GPB
NF-A14 iPPC-3000 ip67 is about 32 GPB
ok So NF-A14 iPPC-3000 ip52 is 22GPB and its 12V which is now viable option its not as resistant as ip67 but it should be fine with light rain
and some random PWM extension cable I already have and some wires to extend the extension
I can build this for the sum of total 41 British pounds
Would you expect any substantial drop in temps over the whole system?
Can I expect any problems while extending the length of the fan cables and actually using the fan with a lot longer cable? (The longest I found for sale were 60cm long)
Ok I had just find out that if you connect NF-A14 iPPC-3000 ip 67 while connected to motherboard has only 12v and it spins only at half speeds, how do you connect it to power supply (molex, sata or something else) and how can you cheaply control RPM of that fan are mine questions. There is also NF-A14 iPPC-3000 model which is only IP52 resistant but its 12V as they claim... what is the difference in between these two?
And would mounting two of these NF-A14 iPPC-3000 fans after each other increase static pressure even more? I am pretty sure we all know answer about the noise.
I have two 140mm intake fans from front and one 140mm from bottom. 420mm AIO with 3x140mm at top as exhaust. I expect that taking heat out of the box would lower air cooled GPU temps more than already watercooled CPU, but I can't say how much it will be lower. If it will be even by some noticeable number of degrees Celsius on GPU I would call it a success. CPU is about 53 degrees Celsius and GPU is about 63 degrees Celsius while in games I am quite aware its acceptable but you know, it can always be lower. It will look like a wonky air-conditioning hanging out of the window. I could have it up and running in two days time, but I wish to know your opinions and maybe even some ideas how to improve upon it even further.
Thank you for your answers I appreciate your time.
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