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66 fans in one PC cabinet

gizmodise.com — It's definitely one of the most weirdest PC mod I have ever seen. As you can see the case is made entirely out of cooling fans. Weird ahh? The PC case makes use of 66 normal fans which keeps the machine ice cold - (over exaggerating it). I'm sure the designer will have couple of ear plugs to avoid the noise that will be generated when all the 66

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  • etsa, on 11/26/2007, -3/+33madness is what this is. probably sounds like a train rolling through the room when powering up. wicked and certainly an obsessive-compulsive-behavior.
    • iofthestorm, on 11/26/2007, -1/+4Not necessarily, if they are all on low speeds it might not be that loud. Also they might not all be on or plugged in to the power supply, just there for show.
    • Twoodge, on 11/26/2007, -3/+43Still not as loud as my 360.
    • humanabyss1, on 11/26/2007, -14/+2NO!, "THIS, IS, SPARTAAA!
      • TheMidnight, on 11/26/2007, -1/+11Wrong. This is Mushroom Kingdom.
    • DefaultGen, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1Madness?
    • KingGorilla, on 12/26/2007, -0/+1more like 66 fans make a pc cabinet!
  • Techtalkz, on 11/26/2007, -3/+3yeah... I wonder how much will be the noise ratio... 60 db ? or more
    • ferrariman60, on 11/26/2007, -2/+2What's a noise ratio? If you mean total volume of 60db, the dell my family owns (NOT the computer this is being typed on) had a fan in the back that is rated to make ~63 db at full volume, which it was doing a lot of the time, since the mobo is probably shot. I replaced it with 2 80mm fans, much better- point is, I doubt even that many fans could put out 60 db. That's a lot not noise.
    • HardwareWeenie, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1ferrariman60 you left out "SPL" at the end of your dB measurements. Without a suffix a dB number is always a ratio of two numbers. When you add Sound Pressure Level (SPL) you clarify your units. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_pressure 60 dB SPL is equivalent to the upper end of Normal talking at 1 m.
  • etsa, on 11/26/2007, -5/+2How much the power consumption.. those are big fans... WOOOOooooooooooo
    • mhearne, on 11/26/2007, -0/+2Probably a 1000 to 1200 Watt server supply. That's another thing he'd have to fit in there; where does the mobo go?
      • Maddjonesy, on 11/26/2007, -0/+0It says the power consumption on the page! Try reading it next time...
        "power consumption (1.25 * 66 ) = 82.5 watts"
    • StickWST, on 11/26/2007, -0/+4Fans go WOO WOOOOOOO!
  • Flummoxer, on 11/26/2007, -10/+4The air won't even circulate well.
    • Techtalkz, on 11/26/2007, -0/+11Well it depends on how the fans are connected,

      Say if right side pannel fans are acting as air remover (exhaust) and left side pannel fans are acting as air blowers ( bringing air inside ) then there is great advantage of air circulation
  • mattewood, on 11/26/2007, -2/+37"The PC case makes use of 66 normal fans which keeps the machine ice cold - (over exaggerating it)."

    Funny.. though the best it could ever do is bring the hardware down to room temperature.. although that's almost impossible.

    Either way, looks ugly as *****. (no offense to the hard work)
    • Racerx52, on 11/26/2007, -0/+19Looks < Function.
      Except cars and women
      • RetroEvolute, on 11/26/2007, -1/+11No. Just women.
        • idiotwithastick, on 11/26/2007, -0/+12Because looks are part of their function?

          (wow, that was really sexist right there...
    • redfox2600, on 11/26/2007, -0/+8"I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." - Bart Simpson

      Sorry I just had to say it.
  • Techtalkz, on 11/26/2007, -2/+7yeah power consumption will be another issue,
    considering one fan consumes 1.25 watt then 66 will take 82.5 watt, which is more than a normal graphic card
    • mhearne, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1Don't forget that he'll also need 66 power resistors for voltage distribution.
      • bassgoonist, on 11/26/2007, -0/+2Well, high performance graphics cards are starting to get into the 200 watt range.
        He could easily do multiple power supplies.
    • Firehed, on 11/26/2007, -0/+3Uhh... high-end graphics cards are pulling in over 150w these days. Which is nicely countered by the fact that most 120mm fans (as those appeared to be) draw generally 4-6w, putting the fans at around the 250w mark if they're all at full power.

      It doesn't matter though... for the cost of all those fans, you could put together a REALLY nice watercooling system, or maybe even phase change (which, while ugly as hell, gets sub-zero temperatures).
  • OBKenobi, on 11/26/2007, -6/+1Taking a joke a bit seriously, aren't you?
    • Asianwaste, on 11/26/2007, -1/+8The funny thing is that someone out there thinks that this is a viable solution.
  • Tephra, on 11/26/2007, -3/+25this is about 3 years old... :)
    • seminis, on 11/26/2007, -1/+3Probably more than that :|
    • spritom, on 11/27/2007, -1/+1Is it a slow news day on Digg? We're getting quite a few years-old items to the front page today.
  • BleedingEars, on 11/26/2007, -7/+3Two words...GHETTO mod!!!
    • mhearne, on 11/26/2007, -1/+5I think the best "Ghetto Mod" I've seen is the cigarette lighter in the spare 5 1/4 inch bay. Although it could also be used to recharge your cell phone, it was always good for a comment or two.
      • TyR88, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1i have one of those along with a cupholder
  • xplayman, on 11/26/2007, -1/+7Holy *****! The hardware on the inside better be worth it.
    • mhearne, on 11/26/2007, -6/+1What about the huge magnetic field created by all those motors? Could damage the chips!
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1.... you are new to computer electronics aren't you?
  • Maddpaky, on 11/26/2007, -1/+25funny thing is, that won't cool anywhere near as well as a cheap liquid cooling system...
    • markwilcox, on 11/26/2007, -1/+2Probably (and hopefully) has watercooling too.
  • DjOverEZ, on 11/26/2007, -0/+9most weirdest eh?
  • usefulidiot, on 11/26/2007, -0/+16this is the anti-christ to silent pc's...
  • ricoboy24, on 11/26/2007, -5/+2~BUILT FOR EXTREME OVERCLOCKING IN SLi~

  • teddyrux, on 11/26/2007, -0/+4"blowers are ON" in case you read the description and got curious as to how it ended.
  • teambosun, on 11/26/2007, -7/+2uh. think of all the dust getting blown INTO it.
  • inferno10, on 11/26/2007, -1/+23That case really blows.
  • TubzyX, on 11/26/2007, -4/+49WARNING THESE FOLLOWING PUNS ARE PROHIBITED FROM THIS ARTICLE

    I heard it was a breeze to make
    Wow thats cool
    That blows
    That sucks
    I heard he was exhausted after making it


    • flxfxp, on 11/26/2007, -1/+6blast.
    • badenglishihave, on 11/26/2007, -1/+3Just give it a while and all of the pun replies will blow over.
    • Cyber_Akuma, on 11/26/2007, -1/+5Way to let all the hot air out of this article
  • rockon573, on 11/26/2007, -6/+1buried for being too ridiculous
  • Vector713, on 11/26/2007, -1/+17That's the most worst grammar I've ever seen.
    • rockon573, on 11/26/2007, -2/+9worstest*
    • mrurc, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1I only came to the comments to see who reamed this guy for "over exaggerated." GET ON IT!
  • mcsurvey, on 11/26/2007, -2/+2Man wasn't this on OCAU like five years ago?
  • ttamshadbolt, on 11/26/2007, -1/+38obviously a fan-boy
  • fLUx1337, on 11/26/2007, -0/+6Is is bad to like the humming of fans? I can't sleep without my PC on doing whatever its doing.... (usually downloading)

    And dust settles when it gets blown in then moves out the air stream, letting it settle.....so would all these fans with less non-windy area get less dust settling?
    • mhearne, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Yeah, it kind of reminds me of being in the radio shack out at sea. Unfortunately, my girl disagrees.
  • cyberdash, on 11/26/2007, -0/+5Yeah, this guy must a fanatic! Truly, it's fantastic. I mean, fancy 66 all running at the same time!
    • zspitfire04, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1you said fan 3 times.. counted it...
  • Endemoniada, on 11/26/2007, -0/+6Web 2.0 = Every old picture and story comes round for a second time, and everyone still thinks it's "news"
    • zspitfire04, on 11/26/2007, -0/+4OMG did you know the Iphone has a TOUCH SCREEN!
      Scientists predict the future is going to be more futuristic than once predicted!
      • Cyber_Akuma, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1"Scientists predict the future is going to be more futuristic than once predicted!"

        BULL!

        Wheres my flying car and robot butler that I was promised decades ago?
  • 4UIDigg, on 11/26/2007, -1/+3first levitating case mod ever!
  • CaviMike, on 11/26/2007, -0/+2I couldn't imagine the noise that would have to make, the warble most be terrible. Maybe this is how he keeps his mom out of his bedroom...
  • TheMidnight, on 11/26/2007, -1/+3He is the new president of the computer mod fan club.
  • DaleoftheUK, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1I'm getting de-ja-vu. Maybe because I've seen this story before.
  • mhearne, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1CompuLab also makes a WiFi version of this little machine. I'm thinking of sticking one behind my dashboard for some "stealth" war-driving.
    http://www.compulab.co.il/x270cm/html/x270-enc-dat ...
  • bioncinola, on 11/26/2007, -2/+2TEXAS CHAINSAW PC FAN MASSACRE !!!!!!!!
    • badenglishihave, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Dugg for nearly making me laugh.
  • marsbar, on 11/26/2007, -1/+0Funny thing is that this setup may not provide much cooling at all. If all the fans blow out there will be very low pressure inside the case but not much air flow. Cooling happens when there is air flow (warm air gets replaced with cooler air). The only thing this will do is create a low pressure zone in the case but it will still get hot. Think of it this way, if you have a paper towel roll with a fan blowing air in at one end and another fan blowing air out at the other end you get great air flow and cooling. If you have the same roll but with both fans blowing in (high pressure inside) or both fans blowing out (low pressure inside) you get no air flow and no heat transfer. Depending on how the fans are configured on this case it may look crappy and work crappy too.
  • Bazookadub, on 11/26/2007, -1/+0 "Funny thing is that this setup may not provide much cooling at all. If all the fans blow out there will be very low pressure inside the case but not much air flow. Cooling happens when there is air flow (warm air gets replaced with cooler air). The only thing this will do is create a low pressure zone in the case but it will still get hot. Think of it this way, if you have a paper towel roll with a fan blowing air in at one end and another fan blowing air out at the other end you get great air flow and cooling. If you have the same roll but with both fans blowing in (high pressure inside) or both fans blowing out (low pressure inside) you get no air flow and no heat transfer. Depending on how the fans are configured on this case it may look crappy and work crappy too."
    That's not the funny thing, the funny thing is that it's made of a bunch of fans.
    • Grimdotdotdot, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Not as funny as that 'reply' button.
  • Grimdotdotdot, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1am I the only one that though of 66 people who were all fans of something crammed into a very big PC case when they read the title?
  • carnag3aus, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1Cool...
  • Praetorr, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1The real "funny thing" about this is that some idiots actually are critiquing the logistics of this.

    It was done for FUN and to show off something different. You probably have no life whatsoever if you're going to go and type up all about how it's inefficient. Honestly, go outside more, there's lots to see in the real world.
  • MacParrot, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1That is one of the ugliest cases I've seen outside of some Mac Performas.
  • jhchawk, on 11/26/2007, -1/+0honestly about two and a half years old. I saw this back when i was into the modding scene.
  • teledyne, on 11/26/2007, -1/+3Buried for not mentioning the original source of the photos...
    http://www.peteredge.orcon.net.nz/casefan.html
    This blog ( http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/cecconi/archive/2005/06 ... dates the pictures back to at least 10 June 2005.
  • lagrange, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1Buried for massive illiteracy.

    It's definitely one of the most weirdest PC mod I have ever seen. As you can see the case is made entirely out of cooling fans. Weird ahh?

    The PC case makes use of 66 normal fans which keeps the machine ice cold - (over exaggerating it).

    I'm sure the designer will have couple of ear plugs to avoid the noise that will be generated when all the 66 blowers are ON
  • flux1, on 11/26/2007, -1/+2That still wouldn't be enough to cool a Pentium 4
  • DrStrabismus, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1Now THAT's cool!
  • dieselpuker, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Why?
  • megadan76, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Is it just me or is that the second oldest picture on the internet?
  • mr1337, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1That's one cool case!
  • superKduper, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Can't be any louder than my 9-fan Macintosh! That thing sounds like a jet engine!
  • diplo, on 11/26/2007, -0/+0http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops-pcs/casefancase ...

    Welcome to June, 2005, everybody....wtf do people keep circulating old crap like this round and round and round....
  • Anchoret, on 11/27/2007, -1/+1> Funny.. though the best it could ever do is bring the hardware down
    > to room temperature.. although that's almost impossible.

    No, that's a totally incorrect assumption, and I'm amazed someone didn't point it out.

    Rather than argue the thermal engineering, I suggest you open up one of those Wegan car food coolers for a graphic demonstration; it's nothing but a fan and heatsink thermally coupled to a metal tub, and it definitely gets the contents below ambient temperature.
  • LavaWarrior, on 11/27/2007, -0/+0Perfect! Airlines are too dangerous anyways, and this will be way cheaper, plug it in, and you're off.
  • PhaseSix, on 11/30/2007, -0/+0Wow, I bet the temps are pretty good, but jeez i pitty the person who has to sit there for more than 30 mins, without a headphone. The only possible way you could make it quiet is if you get quality fans, and not the cheap get-me-by fans.
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