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This XPS GEN 5 shroud photo shows the fans blowing the same way - which I assume is downwards

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http://www.justechn.com/reviews/articles/2005/08/15/dell_xps_gen_5.php
 
the heatsink, the one shown next to the picture you show, looks like the heatsink that I'm using, so I wonder if you can put a fan on it blowing through the fins like mine.

With a large fan mounted on the back of the case, it may give better airflow.
 
Vic20 is right - it is a VRM cooler. I can see the VRM's in one of the pics at justtechn.com. They are right between the CPU and the back of the case, right where the shroud with the black plastic piece would force air down on them.
Billdcat - confirm this by looking at what is right below this rectangle vent in the shroud as you remove it. Should be a number of silver cylinders under it on the MB. These are the VRMs
 
the heatsink, the one shown next to the picture you show, looks like the heatsink that I'm using, so I wonder if you can put a fan on it blowing through the fins like mine.

With a large fan mounted on the back of the case, it may give better airflow.
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Yeah, the heatsink is just like a Tuniq tower, only a tad smaller.

You could rip out the shroud, mount the fans directly to the back of the case blowing out. Then mount a fan on the right hand side of the heatsink, blowing towards the back for sure.

"Git 'r done" billdcat and post some pics 😀
 
the heatsink, the one shown next to the picture you show, looks like the heatsink that I'm using, so I wonder if you can put a fan on it blowing through the fins like mine.

With a large fan mounted on the back of the case, it may give better airflow.
Click to expand...

Yeah, the heatsink is just like a Tuniq tower, only a tad smaller.

You could rip out the shroud, mount the fans directly to the back of the case blowing out. Then mount a fan on the right hand side of the heatsink, blowing towards the back for sure.

"Git 'r done" billdcat and post some pics 😀

So I think we've decided that the plastic piece is meant to direct airflow to cool the VRMs or VMRs or whatever. This isnt necessary though, since I am not OCing.

I plan to keep the fans and shroud intact and slap a 80mm LED fan on the right side of the HSF blowing air from the case into the shroud. Its rated at 30cfm or so. It should be able to lower my temps quite a bit.

Does anyone have any specific recommendations on a good 92mm or 80mm fan, and any good ideas on how to mount it? Cheaper is better, oh and also on the egg.
 
Doesn't it seem odd that the Gen 3 fans have a different configuration compared to the Gen 5?

It's the same shroud in both version, same placement so why the major change in fan orientation and consequently airflow?

Did DELL correct an error when Gen 5 was rolled out?

This would go along with the original question of this thread.
 
the heatsink, the one shown next to the picture you show, looks like the heatsink that I'm using, so I wonder if you can put a fan on it blowing through the fins like mine.

With a large fan mounted on the back of the case, it may give better airflow.
Click to expand...

Yeah, the heatsink is just like a Tuniq tower, only a tad smaller.

You could rip out the shroud, mount the fans directly to the back of the case blowing out. Then mount a fan on the right hand side of the heatsink, blowing towards the back for sure.

"Git 'r done" billdcat and post some pics 😀

So I think we've decided that the plastic piece is meant to direct airflow to cool the VRMs or VMRs or whatever. This isnt necessary though, since I am not OCing.

I plan to keep the fans and shroud intact and slap a 80mm LED fan on the right side of the HSF blowing air from the case into the shroud. Its rated at 30cfm or so. It should be able to lower my temps quite a bit.

Does anyone have any specific recommendations on a good 92mm or 80mm fan, and any good ideas on how to mount it? Cheaper is better, oh and also on the egg.

I bought a 4-pack of Thermaltake 80mm fans from the egg for $12 two days ago. As I came home today at 12:30, I saw the UPS guy leaving my doorstep.

I got a LOT of stuff, it shipped in 5 packages: one from Tennessee, two from NJ, and two from Cali.

I taped one of the fans to the green shroud so that it blows into the HSF.

I cant comment on noise, because of all the other fans in my case, but it doesnt make the PC louder.

I then played Battlefield Vietnam for around 45min, something that would have heated up my HSF quite a lot. I opened my case and felt the part of the HSF above the fan and it was MUCH MUCH cooler. It felt only slightly above room temperature. Not bad for a $3 fan.

I have to find some wire to rig it to the heatpipes themselves. Until then, its taped on.

I also bought a $3 Silverston FN81 fan, but soon after buying I realized that it didnt have a molex connecter. Oh well, what the hell. Im sure Ill find some use for it.
 
this just proves how cheap dell has gotten. :evil:


Edit to think one $3 fan can cut down the temps like that, and improve the life of someones computer, less to pay on tech support. I will no longer indorse dell for anything. Maybe HP as a prebuilt now.
 
Awesome :) Thats what I like to hear!

Now send Micheal Dell an email with some pictures...

hehehe

Gratz
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nothing says jerry-rigged like some clear packing tape holding a fan on 😉

the TT molex splitters that I got are very cool: they are braided and UV reactive, AND the ends have LEDs in em. Sweet :)
 
I like how the orange/red stands out.
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yea its nice... the pics were actually taken while the fan was spinning...

my pc restarted while I was taping the fan back on... I wonder why?

also, if anyone could help

is it okay if I mix ram with the same ddr2 533 ratings but with CAS of 4 4 4 11 and 4 4 4 12. Two sticks of each...
 
goldragon_70 said:
my pc restarted while I was taping the fan back on... I wonder why?
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maybe shorted something, or there was a hug heat spike and drop (Flesh is not as conductive with heat as air is) that probably tripped something in the bios.

i hope its okay...

now how about the ram?
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billdcat4 said:
my pc restarted while I was taping the fan back on... I wonder why?
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maybe shorted something, or there was a hug heat spike and drop (Flesh is not as conductive with heat as air is) that probably tripped something in the bios.

i hope its okay...

now how about the ram?


It should be ok, as for the ram, I can't say for sure, but I think they will run, but at the slowest speed, and you will probably want to set the new set of ram in a different channel then the others.
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goldragon_70 said:
my pc restarted while I was taping the fan back on... I wonder why?
Click to expand...

maybe shorted something, or there was a hug heat spike and drop (Flesh is not as conductive with heat as air is) that probably tripped something in the bios.

i hope its okay...

now how about the ram?


It should be ok, as for the ram, I can't say for sure, but I think they will run, but at the slowest speed, and you will probably want to set the new set of ram in a different channel then the others.

different channel yea.

I memtested the new ram alone for 1:45min. Tonite Ill memtest all the ram together just to be sure.
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I memtested all of the ram together for 6hrs.

I just booted into windows now.

I have 5 or 6 programs which boot up with my machine when I start up... programs that I exit immediately. The programs loaded in 15sec instead of 45sec.. very nice.

Thats my 4th straight perfect experience with the big K
 
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