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I'm gonna kick things up a notch with this ravaged barbaric atrocity, with a 360 AIO strapped to a rectangular hole cut out using metal scissors on a rack mount case; (Side-view) This creature isn't as sexy as I envisioned it to be, yet pretty competent at running an overclocked CPU and a mildly overclocked GPU. All else is standard. The case and all modifications to make this "thing" a rack mount unit cost me somewhat in the neighborhood of 20-ish USD (including case, rails, fans, mounting brackets, tools, etc.). Props to our local "Craigslist" alternative! (Component layout) The specs are as follows: CPU: i5-7600K OC'd @ 4.5GHz Mobo: ASUS Z270-P PRIME GPU: NVIDIA GTX 780Ti RAM: Mixed kits of Corsair Vengeance LPX & Crucial BallistiX, 32GB DDR4-2400 Storage: 1*Samsung PM981 NVMe (512GB), 1*SanDisk X300 SATAIII (128GB), 1*Crucial M500 SATAIII (480GB), 1*Seagate Desktop SSHD SATAIII (1000GB) AIO: GamerStorm MasterLiquid 360 RGB PSU: Corsair CX750M PCIe Add-ons: 1*Mellanox ConnectX-3 Single-Port 10GbE SFP Adapter, 1*ORIENT 6-port USB3.0 Controller (for UASP support) In retrospect, I might have done a few things differently regarding radiator mounting, such as cutting off a wholly different part of the case or going with a smaller AIO for such a setup. Getting idle temps in the neighborhood of 25-30degC, with 60-70degC at full load, which is pretty nice compared to previous thermal throttling in 7 minutes. (How it fits) Now the reason I ended up in such a problematic situation was a sudden relocation to an apartment complex where every square inch of your living space matters. I managed to salvage a 16U server rack to rebuild my NAS, firewall and my own PC, as well as local switch (also rack mounted) and a HomeAssistant RPi all in one place. I had a go at creating a custom ventilation system for this (by carving out multiple 120mm circles in the rack's solid back wall and two 200m on the sides for intake), which worked out great (running off a Sonoff RF wired up with a temp.sensor, directed to activate upon hitting 45degC ambient). It all runs quietly (sits under the table not further away than 3m from my bed). I might add a few dust filters extremely soon, because all the negative pressure is driving every single dust particle onto the mobo, and it's getting pretty annoying. The 60mm Arctic F6 PWM PST fan isn't that great at evening out the pressure of a blower-style graphics card cooler, an AIO and a PSU fan. And, unfortunately, of course I know about the back side being exhaust, therefore my setup draws heated air from other servers inside to compensate for the pressure. But I think I'm scrubbing the ceiling at how far I can push my current hardware without additional buy-ins, and therefore the complete reorganization is six foot under on my list.

Hello, folks! I'm looking for a silent, perhaps almost noiseless cooling solution for a rackmount chassis. I've been heavy into rack mount stuff recently, transitioning from having several full-blown tower cases (mostly AeroCool ones from 2013) to 4U rack mount systems. Didn't do much planning beforehand, but ended up with 2x 4U cases with misaligned server rails (mid-hole alignment, 3U rails for a 4U due to easy availability) and one 3U case which I'm most likely bound to throw away in the gutter (or sell on eBay). All that is installed in a 12U cabinet designed for (here comes the first constraint) being wall-mounted. Tempered glass front, 2mm metal back side wall. Here are the specs (rigs go from top to bottom): #1: Cabinet Manufacturer: Hyperline Model: TWB-1266-GP-RAL9004 Cooling: 2 * 200mm intake AeroCool Silent Master (running at 12v) (modded into side panels using a dremel) Clearance (from adjacent wall-like objects): Top: 2cm Left: 20cm Right: 110cm Bottom: 3cm Back: 10cm #2: Main rig (8 hours/day operation) Case: Procase B440-B-0 Cooling: 1 * 120mm intake 1 * 80mm outtake fan Cooler Master Hyper 612 v.2 Arctic MX4 Thermal Grease CPU: Intel i5-7600K GPU: NVIDIA GTX 780Ti Storage: Samsung NVMe 512GB PM981 SSD Crucial SATA 480GB M400 SSD Seagate 1TB SSHD Motherboard: ASUS Z270-P PRIME PSU: Corsair CX750M #3: NAS Case: Procase EB400L Cooling: 2 * 80mm intake fans (from SATA backplanes) 2 * 80mm outtake fans Intel Stock Cooler Arctic MX4 Thermal Grease CPU: Intel G3900 Motherboard: MSI H270-A PRO PSU: FSP Generic 450W PSU Storage: 6 * 3TB Seagate mixed Surveillance & NAS drives 2 * Chieftec 2131SAS backplanes 1 * NVMe M.2 drive (coming soon, 6x SATA didn't allow for a SATA M.2 installation, correct me if I'm wrong) #4: UPS (3U probably, still coming) Now, I think I would be much better off with something gigantic like a W200 tower case, which I would be much happy to get, except that it takes at least a $800 premium, and all the cases and fans I got for less than $200 (including SATA bays, rails, cabinet itself), so that leaves me with additional $600 of difference + $400 for DIY/AIO cooling solutions. So far, my 200mm fans case made a noticable 6°C difference in overall temperature, however my CPU idles at 50° (without overclocking) and is able to turbo without thermal throttling for around 3 to 4 minutes; and then it throttles hard, dropping down almost to 2.8GHz. I'm considering the following options so far: Water-cooling radiator for 1U with QD3 and a custom loop for both rigs (separate pumps probably) Replacing CPU cooler (612 didn't fit into my 4U case, so I had to cut off four topmost blades as well as trim down copper tubing; maybe it's useless now) Delidding CPU, replacing TIM with liquid metal, as well as putting a copper IHS afterwards Drilling backside holes for 4*200mm outtake fans Replacing tempered glass with acrylic and putting intake fans on the front of the cabinet Adding a 120mm AIO for the CPU in my main rig Soundproof foam all over the cabinet as well as cases Changing PSUs to low-noise ones (like FSP Hydro G series) Does anybody have ideas regarding available options? Pics of the setup provided. Cable management is a mess right now, but the setup is still in progress.