We've seen some pretty
questionable case mods involving additional fans, but this one will likely hold top honors until something even more extravagant comes around. The "Super Cooler" straps a grand total of 66 fans around the tower, which probably doesn't do a whole lot of good when all's said and done. Truth be told, we've all ideas that this thing was created more so for people to gawk at than to actually enable users to run uber-overclocked CPUs and graphics cards without the use of water, but whatever the case, it's an interesting (if not cacophonic) take on cooling. Hit the read link for lots more images, and keep those fingers a safe distance away, k?
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posted Nov 25th 2007 8:48AM
Hm, this blows
Some must suck.
I think the word is "cacophonous" not cacophonic.
It's Latin, not Greek.
While it should in fact be cacophonous, it is a Greek word, not Latin.
Wow - that's really cool!
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no it's not. All those stupid fans will just work against each other. the only things it will do are waste energy and make a bunch of noise. This shouldn't have even been posted it's so stupid. I can cool my case better with a $10 box fan.
@BBT:
Uh, and exactly WHY would the fans be working against each other? The front fans and left side fans could pull air into the case; the top, right, and rear fans could push the air out. This would work incredibly well and would most certainly keep the case cool. Unfortunately, the pictures don't have enough clarity to determine if that's what's happening.
I can see the next one would be using LED light case fans.....
But will it fly?
also it may not blend but will definitely sound like a blender :D
I think a better question would be to ask
"Will it blend?"
Better yet, put a skirt around the bottom and make it a hover craft.
(for those who don't get it, this is a joke) :p
idiots, what does this thig look like, it is an all directional hover-craft...
This probably creates so much turbulence inside that it will do more harm than good.
It must also be hard inserting a DVD without losing a finger or two.
Well, at least it must be a good mosquito killer.
what I want to know is if it crashes how do you hold the off button for 5 SECONDS?!
Where did you get the idea that turbulence in cooling is a bad thing? The point of the flowing air is to cool, not to go as fast as possible. Turbulence is an aid to this.
Naturally, the number of fans aiming in and out would be equal. The guy who made this may be a little excited, but I don't think he's an idiot.
if a computer had Gonorrhea thats what it would look like
I wonder how big the PS must be to keep all those fans running. I also question the effectiveness of having all the fans blow....if there's enough turbulence then it's all worthless.
I'll take that with me on my trip to India.
gotta keep cool :0
If you throw things inside, will it blend?
no . . . it will hover . . .
Haven't we seen this before? This isn't a new concept...
http://www.peteredge.orcon.net.nz/casefan.html
Here, and it's been put on Slashdot and a bunch of other sites too:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/10/0245207
The first comment to the Slashdot article is interesting.
Great minds think alike?
Lol!
I remember seeing this over a year ago via StumbleUpon.
I thought this was familiar...it's over 2 years old! And what's really great is not a single blog posting this today links to the original source. WEB TWO POINT OH!
I don't want to see this persons electric bill...still funny though..
I have 9 fans for my cabinet..
But this is gross :P
well the 66 fans wont create any tubulence if mounted properly, taking into account the air flow.
wid equal exhaust and intake fans rotating at the same rate place symmetrically wont cause any turbulence..
If the fans were all properly mounted maybe... However using Cable Ties to hold it together... Hardly the most secure agenst vibrations.
Does his family sell fans???
Mods like these just blow me away...
I can only imagine how noisy it is...
This configuration is yet another upgrade recommended for running Vista.
I think you meant vista home basic, ultimate requires 132 fans. Does no one read the minimum requirements anymore?
Thisis what happens to people after their laptops explode....damn you Sony :p
For anyone interested an another all fan case, look at this mini-itx one. Much the same idea as the one above, but far better looking, neater and not as stupidly big
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/coolcube/
wow! that looks pretty cool! a lot better
lawl
interesting mod. but it looks ugly as sin
well someone's all geared up for all the global warming
I still bet the xbox 360 is louder than that.
hello
Now that's a venti case mod!
If you meant that as a pun, you're amazing. (Venti... vent... fan... get it?)
Not to mention the Starbucks size...
Exactly! You guys rock!
I admit that I have dabbled in the dark arts of punning. Some may say that puns are the lowest form of humor, but if that's true, then why don't more people get them?
interesting
i hate to see this in a month with all the dust bunnies . this is one loud case
Well i guess hes not to worried about dust getting all over inside is he?
Hmm....how do I turn this thing on--OWWWMYFINGERITBLEEDS....
can you imagine the dust that builds up in that thing!
All seven micrograms of it, vividly.
this thread has some of the best series of responses ive seen on a blog in a while! gj guys!
I have seen this before. I believe this was constructed at a small computer shop because they had a huge bin full of old casefans that were not selling.
If it's "Tech Wizard", shouldn't it be "TECHwizardz.com"?
pwned!
wat an idiot ?? he wants link back with engadget lol
I wonder if that will work on the xbox 360...mmmm
first: how loud is it when it gets turned on
second: to get it even cooler they should use Vantech's Tornado TD8038H case fans. they'd move way more air and it would sound like a jet was taking off beside you.
Thanks!!
Old much?
Next time use a jet engine
yea i remember that from at least 2 years ago from some case mode forum. Some one should find the original source and post a link.
I need a winter jacket
How is this here? Is it a slow news day? This is old, unless someone copied it...
MacBook Pro, you're cleared for power-on; Caution wake-turbulence "Super Cooler"
What would be cool is if they molded the fans together to make blades on a bigger fan, so that each fan blade would have a ton of mini-fans in it.
I like how Gizmodo also posted an article about some not-so-current news about an hour after you guys did. I suppose it's only fair to give the 12 year olds somewhere to comment on this mod as well.
Isn't this a 10 year old case?
Oh yeah! It does.
Yikes, just don't put that stack of important papers next to it.
This'll really blow away the disbelievers who said you could never have too much cooling.
*Open and shut case*
HAHAHAHAHA!!! My god. This is ridiculous man!!! The thing looks as if it is ready to take off and if u so happen to drop it, it most probably would hover on the ground instead of crashing! Hahahaha! Plus, it just looks plain ugly!
Does it blend? No but it will spin. And I can't believe noone's pulled a "Fanboy" joke yet.
I think I like the ice cube computer better.
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The shit has hit the case.
Once again Engadget, awesome job posting news from 3 years ago. I see the can crusher story was not an isolated incident.
A little overboard...
This is several years old now.
Will it self blend?
That's a lot of work for a blow job.
yet it still cant run vista
Tower, this is Maverick, qequesting a Fly By....over
"Negative Maverick the pattern is Full! over...
LMAO!!!
But will it gnarl and mangle my penis???
KJ
A Bird? A Plain? No, its the 66-fan case mod!!!
Damn Cliches...
I just had to get it off my chest, sorry for any pain that may have been caused.
He may not have friends -- but at least he has fans.
66 fans eh? he couldnt have added 3 more fans just for kicks? ;)
All you people who are asking if it blends... Hell yes, but IT blends the blender
Please DO NOT go on 2girls1cup!
Feck that is disgusting!
But will it run Flight Simulator?