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Title: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: mackminer on July 06, 2011, 02:21:33 PM
Hi,
I want to place this over the rigs sending air right down to them. I'm wondering is 24 inches too big. I am in a garage and it's not airtight at all. Alot of the air will be recirculated by the fan but it's usually cooler anyway when the fan blows it down again at pressure isn't it?


Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: Reckman on July 06, 2011, 02:49:02 PM
All depends on the blade design and rpms, also you need to make sure there arnt pockets of hot air, 24 is probably too small to blow on them directly


Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: foggyb on July 06, 2011, 03:41:54 PM
You will be better off with a couple dozen well-placed high-CFM Delta fans.

That's what I did with my 16-card rigs.

Or these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185054 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185054)


Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: Xenomorph on July 06, 2011, 03:49:29 PM
Are you guys saying you put 12 and 16 cards in one computer?


Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: Tx2000 on July 06, 2011, 05:56:05 PM
Are you guys saying you put 12 and 16 cards in one computer?



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Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: SmokeAndMirrors on July 06, 2011, 09:30:47 PM
Are you guys saying you put 12 and 16 cards in one computer?



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rigs

That could mean multiple computers with x amount of cards each, or 1 computer with 12-16 cards each...


Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: nebiki on July 06, 2011, 10:47:32 PM
12x 6990?  :o

and i only want one.

edit: sorry i can't contribute anything to help you out. if i had 12 6990s i'd probably get 19" cases and a small sized rack. there's already good cooling solutions for these out there.


Title: Re: Drum fan cooling - 12x 6990 rig.
Post by: CanaryInTheMine on July 06, 2011, 11:42:54 PM
12x 6990?  :o

and i only want one.

edit: sorry i can't contribute anything to help you out. if i had 12 6990s i'd probably get 19" cases and a small sized rack. there's already good cooling solutions for these out there.

check ebay