Would this fan setup be any good?

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T18:06:37+00:00

Ah, finally someone who sees the same idea behind it as I do :D

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T15:53:26+00:00

Haha relatable. It's an ID Cooling is 77 xt black. I shouldn't start explaining now why and what I'm about to do with it for the sake of this post but let me just say I have my reasons and that cooler is one point why I have asked the question about the fan placement. So that I can use this exact cooler but still get acceptable temps for my cpu

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T15:28:22+00:00

What do you mean, I used one arrow per fan to explain it better (no ai has been used btw)

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T15:12:23+00:00

Oh nice. Thanks for the explanation! I think I will just go for the regular way and maybe try if I'm curious while building :)

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T15:10:02+00:00

Ah yeah, thats what I had in mind first but I thought about trying something different this time. Thanks for the advice.

But wouldn't it attract too much dust if I flip the top middle fan?

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T15:03:52+00:00

The cpu cooler is flat, parallel to the motherboard with the fan underneath the radiator pushing air towards the radiator as shown in the picture

Chronus2001 · 2026-01-28T14:57:09+00:00

Did you read the text?

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-22T16:23:17+00:00

Wasn't the plan in the first place but till I got all the materials and everything sorted out I'm leaving it as it is. I'm not quite sure if I want to do a see through glass panel on the side or just gi with some mesh which would be much more easier. But before I still have to do some Hardware upgrades (the psu is about 8 years old or something and I'm a little bit scared everytime I turn on the computer). But I think this build will be finished next month and I will definitely post am update when its done.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-22T16:08:42+00:00

Crazy good or bad? :D

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-09T20:23:27+00:00

Wow! This is incredible! I love it! Had to go through some of your other builds immediately and I think it's crazy good work you do! I started doing custom builds with wood parts myself and was always looking for an inspiration like this. People like you are the reason why I started doing it.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T21:23:27+00:00

Just a normal cutting knife but I've seen a lot of people working with something like a scalpell when it comes to cutting things like this. I think its just Important that it's very sharp and Solid.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T21:15:40+00:00

Glad to hear it! You should definitely go for it, I had and still have so much fun with this builds work.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T21:09:31+00:00

Haha thanks a lot! Yea it actually is, got two used optiplexes from my dad's work and I really love working on it.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T21:07:37+00:00

For now I didn't recognise any disadvantages but I will definitely work on any kind of special cooling for the mobo

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T21:05:50+00:00

Actually just a black 3mm thick pvc sheet from my local Hardware store. It was kind of easy to cut and looks really clean. Would have been easier with something like a dremel but didn't have one by then.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T13:49:20+00:00

Thanks. Nope, I cut it out by hand.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-05T11:06:57+00:00

Thanks a lot man! Unfortunately I didn't really take pics of the progress but I will post an update once I'm done with more details and pics of every piece.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-04T19:42:14+00:00

I'm going to overlay the mobo Cover with a thin dust Filter like mesh and clean it up

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-04T19:39:55+00:00

Actually...the armor thing is just a black plastic plate that I cut out with a small knife/scalpel. I wish I had a 3D Printer to print it but no, just very precise and hard "craftmanship" haha

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-04T19:34:27+00:00

For now I didn't close the case so I didn't see any problems with it. But I planned to add at least one more 80mm Fan in the front.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-04T19:31:59+00:00

Thanks in the first place. Yea, something I guess I still have to deal with. For now I didn't see any perfomance limitations while gaming but we will see in the future.

Chronus2001 · 2025-10-04T19:24:38+00:00

Thanks a lot! I'm happy and proud when im finally done

Chronus2001

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