3d print case ducts

[thrasher_565]

ya finally some one has done it.

 

 

[TylerD321]

3 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

I did this a while back with PLA to make my 1 Slot GPU into a two slot exhaust path, and to force the intake of the card to only pull from the front of the case.

 

It helped a few degrees ( maybe like 4) but after a while the exhaust side melted, and after a little longer the intake sides also melted where they touched the card and sagged.

 

I'd be curious to know how that holds up long term

I bet it would've lasted better if you used ASA. PLA isn't super heat resistant.

[thrasher_565]

3 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

I did this a while back with PLA to make my 1 Slot GPU into a two slot exhaust path, and to force the intake of the card to only pull from the front of the case.

 

It helped a few degrees ( maybe like 4) but after a while the exhaust side melted, and after a little longer the intake sides also melted where they touched the card and sagged.

 

I'd be curious to know how that holds up long term

i would think intake should be fine?

[thrasher_565]

2 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

My work only has a super cheap old printer and it doesn't seem to get hot enough to handle much else other than PLA and the flexible filaments. But yes there are other better materials.

 

The metal case of the A4000 is part of the thermal mass of cooling and directly connected to the VRM and Vram packages. It gets up to 70C+ even up near the intakes. PLA sitting on it warps and bows.

ya gpu exhaust is no joke. people just dont no how much heat comes out thats why i scream at them to buy better cases or ones with bottom fans...

 

if people put a strip from the side to the gpu at the top of the fan then the exhaust would not be sucked back in to the gpu... but no one has done it...

[thrasher_565]

3 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

I do not buy axial fan cards so that's not really an issue I have. I have had one and wont do it again. Air goes in front of card, air goes out back of case.

oh thows run really hot... what even is the fastest blower card? i no the founders is like a hybrid.

Edited August 27, 2023 by thrasher_565

[thrasher_565]

15 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

4090 Has multiple blower models from Afox, Manli, and a few others.

All workstation GPU's are still blowers.

hmm didn't think a 4090 could keep up. why a blower card thow?

[thrasher_565]

14 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

They don't heat up the case.

I tend to only buy workstation cards. They tend to be more power efficient than the consumer cards. I do not play games often. I want something that runs balls to the wall for its entire life without issues.

hmm i like quiet so ill never have a blower card. the asus noctura being the best. but you can do the zip tiy job as well. vary thick thow.

but i water cool so no probably with sound or heat...

 

last one my dad got was sli 280 i think? thow didn't last long. i think if i remember it had a hybrid block on it not knowing much about vrm cooling... ya a fan blowing on it is not enough...  but later on did the full water block.  that and fure mark didnt play nice...

 

well i do have a gt 270 and a 6800... and a x800

Edited August 27, 2023 by thrasher_565

[thrasher_565]

12 minutes ago, micha_vulpes said:

I have never had a blower card anywhere near as loud as the RX580 Nitro Axial card I had. My A4000 is still quieter than the 6600XT Nitro in my partners PC. The 2070 Super Blower from EVGA was also quieter than the RX580 Nitro. And so were the Quadro 4000's I had, So was the Quadro FX 4600 I had.

 

I am genuinely perplexed as to the modern interpretation that all blower cards are loud, unless everyone on earth other than me had the GTX 480, GTX 690, or HD5790

My PC under full load is quieter than

• leaves rustling outside
• a whisper level air purifier
• using my trackball mouse ( about 38dba when rolling it around)

At 24" from the PC at full load running Folding @ Home on CPU and GPU, with the microphone facing it A weighting with the NIOSH App. (its accurate to +/- 2DBA) I am at about 30dba which assuming the worst accuracy we will call it 32-33dba. This is quieter than a library - and getting pretty close to a recording studio.

ya back then blower cards were cheaper and alot of people sli them making the top one vary hot and even louder... so that many people think that all blowers are like that... later on they did fix the sli spacing but sli was basically dead by then. i think the 2080ti was the last quad sli?

 

the qudros people could not buy them so they basically didn't exists.  althow the 3500 looks interesting... posably a 6800 contender... i have yet to get one haha one day thow.

 

 

 

[tkitch]

Why is he ducting off a fan behind a closed glass panel that gets *shit* for airflow?  there's a reason it doesn't work better than it did. 

[freeagent]

A good airflow orientated case and good fans make all the difference. Ducting is so 2001