Updates on a few things.
First on design progress
First design of fan duct (for CPU area):
Exhaust
The challenge with this is how to divert the airflow in such a confined space. I believe air pressure could be more important than airflow here. The air is being channeled to a heatsink with 1mm fin widths (not shown, by exhaust area) so it needs some pressure. I am not sure if the internal fillets should be smoother or more square. Also unknown whether more vanes will help shape the airflow (vertical and/or horizontal shapes).
A blower fan would work better here given the tight clearance problem but I haven't found one that is the right specs yet. It would have to be dead silent at low rpm and not exceed 55mm in height, and be under 120mm in length and width. It might be fun to try and make a sort-of blower fan. The fan blades and motor could be detached from an existing fan and mounted into the roof of the duct for example. There is some room to widen the profile, just no height.
First design of GPU cooling
This is two HDplex copper GPU blocks sandwiched together and frankensteined to an Arctic Accelero S3.
Four of the pipes will feed into the Accelero and the other four will be mounted to the case wall. Hopefully its possible to pull the existing pipes out of the Accelero. There is enough room for a 92mm intake fan between the Accelero and front of the case. The Accelero has fins which are oriented lengthwise, so airflow can be channeled to exit out of the second slot. A duct can be printed to help with this.
S3 profile
I'm waiting for the straight heatpipe sets and brackets to arrive, then will get the S3 next.
