{"id":22,"date":"2004-02-18T16:19:23","date_gmt":"2004-02-18T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clay.blogdns.net\/?p=22"},"modified":"2022-04-10T10:00:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:00:37","slug":"modding-the-hsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/2004\/02\/18\/modding-the-hsf\/","title":{"rendered":"Modding the HSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had originally intended to complete my HSF duct mod before the last LAN party. Unfortunately, I got stiffed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardwarecooling.com\/\">hardwarecooling.com<\/a>. Over the weekend I reordered the same parts from another vendor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casecooler.com\/\">casecooler.com<\/a>. (got the parts 2 days later.. now that&#8217;s service!) With the parts in-hand to complete my HSF ducting mod; I tore open the packaging, unable to resist the urge to push my CPU a little harder&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fans &amp; Ducts<\/strong><br \/>\nI tend to be somewhat of a conservative overclocker. I&#8217;m not all about coming up with exotic means of cooling down my hardware so I can push it over the red line. I prefer to make optimum use of conventional (and cheap) methods that still let me push my hardware towards that red line, but staying far enough back to avoid thermal death.<br \/>\nHere are some pics of the completed HSF duct mod. If you&#8217;re interested in the specifics, a more <a href=\"\/index.php\/articles\/modding-the-hsf\/\">detailed article<\/a> is available. This mod is currently perfoming at or below 40\u00b0C at the fan&#8217;s lowest speed. (AXP 2500+, FSB=400Mhz, CPU=2.21Ghz, PR=3200+)<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/pics\/box\/duct-close.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/box\/duct-close.gif\" alt=\"Duct mod up close\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"\/pics\/box\/fans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/box\/fans.gif\" alt=\"Stock 60mm vs. 80mm Vantec Tornado\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"\/pics\/box\/duct-noglow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/box\/duct-noglow.gif\" alt=\"Duct-mod installed\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"\/pics\/box\/duct-glow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/box\/duct-glow.gif\" alt=\"Lights-out\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"\/pics\/box\/case-postmod.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/box\/case-postmod.gif\" alt=\"Case, post-mod\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had originally intended to complete my HSF duct mod before the last LAN party. Unfortunately, I got stiffed by hardwarecooling.com. Over the weekend I reordered the same parts from another vendor, casecooler.com. (got the parts 2 days later.. now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/2004\/02\/18\/modding-the-hsf\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claymccauley.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}