Ballistix Tracers mod... help please

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

im thinking of making a more elaborate version of the VRM cooler on this board...
the green duct thingy. but just make it out of the smoked black plexy.

DanishDevil · Feb 24, 2008

I would at least try the black marker idea. The PCB on those is a beautiful black anyway, and it should dim it. And it is removable. At least try it!

What if you took that smoked plexi and made a little ram cooler out of it like this:

|fan|
| . . |
| . . |
| . . |
| . . |
|fan|

With the memory going vertically in the middle (dots are the led's

) and two ~40mm fans on top and bottom with airflow going up? It would cool the ram, dim the LED's, and be one of a kind :toast:

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

now your getting my idea! can't put the fans on the ends though. video card wouldn't allow for it.

Namslas90 · Feb 24, 2008

sneekypeet said:
OCZ ramcooler over the top?

I'll second that!

The clear plastic fan blades ahould difuse the light without blockinig it and improve cooling.

sneekypeet · Feb 24, 2008

bigger fan at the top then ...possibly slot the bottom of the "tunnel" for better air intake?

Cold Storm · Feb 24, 2008

I put black electric tape where the rubbing would be. I have it on mine and the ocz cooler works right.. plus i don't have the bottom screws on the cooler it self

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

i just can't figure out how to explain it to you guys

JrRacinFan · Feb 24, 2008

Try out some frosted contact paper. May work wonders.

Cold Storm · Feb 24, 2008

fitseries3 said:
i just can't figure out how to explain it to you guys

your video card is right next to the memory slot and it won't allow you do put anything on the memory like the ocz cooler... is that what your saying?

Fitseries3 · Feb 24, 2008

no, just saying that if i made a duct, a fan could not be placed on both ends of the ram because of the video card. the OCZ fan would be fine, but it wouldn't be accomplishing my plan.

Cold Storm · Feb 24, 2008

oh ok. get it now...

DanishDevil · Feb 24, 2008

I'm gonna mess with a pic of it in photoshop in a bit. I did that with a case I was thinking of building to see where I could put some radiators. It's on my laptop though, so give me a bit.

Just a quick brainstorm... same config as before - scratch the two fans. put another thing of plexi between the ram slots (keep each stick's heat seperate) and put a 90 degree fan duct at the top end and put a fan facing towards the mobo on that so if you're looking at it in the case it goes a little something like this:

_____
|........|
|..FAN.|
|_____|
-------
| . | . |
| . | . |
| . | . |
| . | . |

and from the side:

_______________FANFANFAN
......................................./
RAM STICKS HERE............./
______________________/
.........MOBO PCB HERE......

AIRFLOW TO THE LEFT. TOP OF CASE ON RIGHT.

Bytor · Feb 24, 2008

Mine were to bright for my liking also..

Being a Radio Control Sailplane flyer I still had a little old Monocote laying around that it used to cover the flying surfaces and it happens to be red in color.

I cut it to the size as which will cover those lights, and used 2 sided clear tape to attach it.
The result is the green lights are not visible at all, but the red ones are alot dimmer.

infrared · Feb 25, 2008

Very cunning Bytor.

When i saw the pic i thought it was sillicone fuel tubing, with a slit on one side which would also be quite effective. You could then experiment with various colours/diameters.

Fitseries3 · Feb 25, 2008

this pic will help...
take note of the fan up top that exhausts to the outside of the case.

more pics in my sig. just updated.

DanishDevil · Feb 25, 2008

After seeing that, and realizing that you can't find a 90degree fan duct anywhere anymore (i swear there used to be a thermaltake cooler that used a 60degree one or something), I would suggest doing the plexi box with only a fan up top pulling air up towards the exhaust fan, but the heat from your X2 is going to get sucked into the fan duct and over the RAM... hmm...

How about...(looking into the case)

FAN
PLEX
FAN

so you still get direct fan cooling, but the middle section of the LEDs is covered by the smoked plexi.

The OCZ cooler is two 60mm's, and they have a little space vertically, so if you use two 40mm fans, and a 40mm square plexi in the middle, it might fit

sneekypeet · Feb 25, 2008

DanishDevil said:
After seeing that, and realizing that you can't find a 90degree fan duct anywhere anymore (i swear there used to be a thermaltake cooler that used a 60degree one or something), I would suggest doing the plexi box with only a fan up top pulling air up towards the exhaust fan, but the heat from your X2 is going to get sucked into the fan duct and over the RAM... hmm...

How about...(looking into the case)

FAN
PLEX
FAN

so you still get direct fan cooling, but the middle section of the LEDs is covered by the smoked plexi.

The OCZ cooler is two 60mm's, and they have a little space vertically, so if you use two 40mm fans, and a 40mm square plexi in the middle, it might fit

In that case get the Corsair dominator fan and change out the center!

DanishDevil · Feb 25, 2008

sneekypeet said:
In that case get the Corsair dominator fan and change out the center!

DUH. Haha good point. Yeah since all the bright LEDs are in the center, just cut a 40mm smoke plexi and replace the middle fan! No extra LEDs either

Fitseries3 · Feb 25, 2008

im thinking of more of a plexy tube that attaches to the ram and ducts to the fan at the top that will suck the hot air off of the ram. make it out of the smoked plexi and there you go. i've got it!

philbrown23 · Feb 25, 2008

fitseries3 said:
that would be more like it. i dont want to add more LED's though. maybe change the fans?
or i could make something similar out of the smoked plexy? how about a smoked plexy air duct. that way the fan wont be covering the ram.

Now that a good idea

I would stick with that one

Bytor · Feb 25, 2008

I used a 90mm Delta fan that is angled in the 3 1/2" hard drive box of my Chieftec Dragon case to blow on the memory and the rest of the heatpipe.

Yellow arrow points to the fan.

Fitseries3 · Feb 25, 2008

dont laugh....

Bytor · Feb 25, 2008

As long as it cools....

Wile E · Feb 25, 2008

fitseries3 said:
dont laugh....

I'd say have it blowing air in, that way it throws a little extra cooler air on your gfx card as well. Every little bit helps.

DanishDevil · Feb 25, 2008

I concur. I've got my northbridge heatsink facing the back of my X2. Even if it doesn't help, it looks damn cool, and I guess works in principle. Seen here with my old VT 3870. With the standard 3870, it blows directly on the back of the GPU, and with the X2, blows on the back of the PCI-E chip between the two GPUs. If you set your duct up to blow air down, it would cool the back half of the back of the X2, and probably keep the vregs cooler.

And yes, that Crossfire bridge is just for looks

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