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Node 304 Case Mod - Moar Air Flow!

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This is my first case mod, so go easy on me. :P It's not perfectly neat and tidy but it achieved the goal I had in mind and looks pretty cool (IMO). 

 

The issue was with a high-end GPU in the Node 304, the only exhaust is out the back - which happens to be through the CPU rad in my case. Not good for the CPU and it doesn't exhaust the hot air fast enough, so during gaming, things get pretty warm inside the case. The goal was to add an 80mm exhaust fan on the top near the back, just above the GPU where the GPU fans are pumping off the majority of it's heat. The idea is to exhaust out as much of that hot air as possible, to the H60 rad fan can pull more air from the fresh cool supply coming in at the front from the dual 92mm intake fans. 

 

After some testing, the GPU now runs about 6 degrees cooler (63-64 vs. 69-70) and the CPU runs about 8-10 degrees cooler (45-50 vs. 55-60). That was while running Lords of the Fallen. Running other games yielded even better temp improvements, dependent on varying CPU usage. Objective complete! :D

 

Now for the pics...

 

Fitting the cheap Deepcool blue LED 80mm fan (the only 80mm spare I had laying around):

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Whipped up some quick little mounting brackets...

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Yep, it's blue.

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Point of no return... The cutting began... 

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Went through about 15 of these little cutting discs. They did the job, none-the-less.

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Debated on how to make the "vent" - Drill a bunch of holes? Cut out a big square? Decided that "shark-gills" not only would look cool but also deflect the hot air away from the user. ;)

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View from the inside.

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Cleaned up and in-action.

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Feel free to comment/criticize. 

 

Cheers. :)

 

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Very clean, I love it! 

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I woulda cut all of it out and put mesh over it on the inside.

It doesn't look too bad.

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When i saw the first picture, FACE PALM!

When I saw the last picture, NICE!

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I woulda cut all of it out and put mesh over it on the inside.

It doesn't look too bad.

 

That was my initial plan, but I like the shark gills. ;)

My Systems:

Main - Work + Gaming:

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Woodland Raven: Ryzen 2700X // AMD Wraith RGB // Asus Prime X570-P // G.Skill 2x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 // Radeon RX Vega 56 // Crucial P1 NVMe 1TB M.2 SSD // Deepcool DQ650-M // chassis build in progress // Windows 10 // Thrustmaster TMX + G27 pedals & shifter

F@H Rig:

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FX-8350 // Deepcool Neptwin // MSI 970 Gaming // AData 2x 4GB 1600 DDR3 // 2x Gigabyte RX-570 4G's // Samsung 840 120GB SSD // Cooler Master V650 // Windows 10

 

HTPC:

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SNES PC (HTPC): i3-4150 @3.5 // Gigabyte GA-H87N-Wifi // G.Skill 2x 4GB DDR3 1600 // Asus Dual GTX 1050Ti 4GB OC // AData SP600 128GB SSD // Pico 160XT PSU // Custom SNES Enclosure // 55" LG LED 1080p TV  // Logitech wireless touchpad-keyboard // Windows 10 // Build Log

Laptops:

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MY DAILY: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 // 14" 1440x900 // i5-540M 2.5GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD iGPU + Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB dGPU // 2x4GB DDR3L 1066 // Mushkin Triactor 480GB SSD // Windows 10

 

WIFE'S: Dell Latitude E5450 // 14" 1366x768 // i5-5300U 2.3GHz Dual-Core HT // Intel HD5500 // 2x4GB RAM DDR3L 1600 // 500GB 7200 HDD // Linux Mint 19.3 Cinnamon

 

EXPERIMENTAL: Pinebook // 11.6" 1080p // Manjaro KDE (ARM)

NAS:

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Home NAS: Pentium G4400 @3.3 // Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 // 2x 4GB DDR4 2400 // Intel HD Graphics // Kingston A400 120GB SSD // 3x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 HDDs in RAID-Z // Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w PSU // Antec Performance Plus 1080AMG // FreeNAS OS

 

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