Gpu shroud mod.

[t_ski]

Originally Posted by John Doe

Thread crap? I'm trying to make him realize he's wasting effort on a rusty piece of metal. See the other suggesting an Accelero Xtreme? Oh well.

See here:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...ead%20crapping

And I agree with these guys:

Originally Posted by DannibusX

You're being a dick and totally crapping on this guys thread. If he wants to mod his shroud, even if it makes the cooling perform worse, that's his business. It's cool he decided to share it with us, which may not happen in the future if douche nozzles like you repeatedly bash his idea.

It's his hardware, not yours.

Originally Posted by de.das.dude

@ John Doe. you know theres a saying for you guys? it goes something like " haters gonna hate"
if you cant respect someones imagination and hard working skills, dont DE-motivate them with your BS. I guess you must be someone who likes everything ready made. But you must learn to appreciate others who like to do things like this just for the sake of it.

Wheres the fun in fitting a dumb looking accelero extreme on such a beautiful piece of engineering?
yes i think the accelero extreme is ugly.

also as long as this dude here has enough space for air to go in and an equivalent amount of air to come out, he will NOT have any problems.

Infact a well designed shroud is better than some open space, because you are improving airflow and hence reducing turbulence.

now move on

[jsfitz54]

I like the mod. It is cool.

Question: Would there be some way to tie the metal shroud to the heatpipe, like some sort of metal tab, between the gpu and heatpipe base, a sandwich approach, and have the shroud act as an additional passive cooling device?

Keep the pictures coming.

[_JP_]

Sub'd. I want to see this getting done. Looks good so far.

[mediasorcerer]

Its quite a challenge ,and yes the idea was to make the shroud act as a heatsink too, heres another pic of the two 80ml fans i bought[10$ each] to use for something like what im attempting to create.

I might start again on this with new sheet metal thats slightly thinner as weight is an issue atm, but by trying, at least i learnt a lot .All a bit of fun etc.
Thanx for input and gracious attitude from all.

[Luciel]

Originally Posted by John Doe

Thread crap? I'm trying to make him realize he's wasting effort on a rusty piece of metal. See the other suggesting an Accelero Xtreme? Oh well.

I know exactly what you mean, but on another hand, I don´t think it´s fair on him to demoralise it like this as no matter the result, it´s just fun to do stuff, regardless of the result, no matter the result, you have to start somewhere with modding and in my oppinion, better this than simply add cold cathodes to a case : )

[tigger]

Originally Posted by mediasorcerer

Its quite a challenge ,and yes the idea was to make the shroud act as a heatsink too, heres another pic of the two 80ml fans i bought[10$ each] to use for something like what im attempting to create.

I might start again on this with new sheet metal thats slightly thinner as weight is an issue atm, but by trying, at least i learnt a lot .All a bit of fun etc.
Thanx for input and gracious attitude from all.



http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1725/gpu3002.jpg

Try using some thinner aluminium sheet instead maybe. I like were you're coming from, i like to do stuff like this to my pc.

@ john doe, i always say, if you aint got anything nice to say then don't say anything. If you don't like what he is doing, fair enuff but let the man fiddle with his stuff.

[Darkleoco]

It would probably be best to use much thinner metal as well as try and give it some openings to vent out air besides with the main fan set.

[mediasorcerer]

Originally Posted by Darkleoco

It would probably be best to use much thinner metal as well as try and give it some openings to vent out air besides with the main fan set.

Your right dark. It is too heavy, when i get a chance i will try again with better sheet, its very hard to fold steel and get an accurate edge,90 degree angle etc, i liked the idea of fully enclosed and venting all the heat outside of the case etc, easier said than done tho haha.

re-tigr, yes aluminium is the best, light strong and cool, im keeping my eye out for something i can improvise with ,hope you are well, kind regs from me.

[t_ski]

There is something called a brake, which is meant for bending sheet metal. If youdon't have access to one, you can work something up with some blocks of wood or a hard corner like on a desk, counter, table, etc.