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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Done something similar when my CPU cooler didn't fit the HP case

[–] SpeakinTelnet 41 points 3 months ago (5 children)

a 1U server with a cutout to allow a full size CPU cooler to protrude from the case

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know why but this has me rolling. Genuinely had to catch my breath.

[–] SpeakinTelnet 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Happy to know my redneck engineering made you laugh! It was either that or a custom water loop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If it's stupid, but it works, it's not stupid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

i mean there are things that work and that are stupid, and will stay stupid. using toothpaste for example as thermal paste is doable and you can get usable temps with it. but the con is that toothpaste dries up very quickly, requiring you to need to constantly reapply it.

it works, but its still a stupid idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That probably worked way better than having it in a thermally constrained environment.

[–] SpeakinTelnet 6 points 3 months ago

It's also way more quiet than those damn pesky 1U fans and I had the space available in my rack

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that some kind of blade server? Doesn’t that make it like not rack with other blades?

[–] SpeakinTelnet 3 points 3 months ago

No it's just a 1U server. It does mean that the next 3U over the server can't be fully used (switches would probably clear). That server pretty much replaced my whole stack except for my NAS so I had space available.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So .. you have to remove your CPU cooler to open the case? That does not look very convenient.

[–] SpeakinTelnet 1 points 3 months ago

The top has just enough slide room to disengage from the chassis and be pulled upward. Being able to hotswap components is a requirementfor my case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I guess airflow is airflow, don't matter which way

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Like a hotrod?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Exactly!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yup, the back plate for my CPU cooler wouldn't fit because of some weird struts my case has, so I cut open the case, just enough to fit it.