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Old August 9th, 2004, 07:20 AM
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Strange Block Thingy?


In this dudes case over the HSF theres a strange box that tunnels to the outside..

1) What is it
2) What does it do
3) Where can i buy one!

(Sorry im a newb )
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Old August 9th, 2004, 11:39 AM
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Or it can also probably bring colder air from outside the case and put it directly where it is needed...
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1) What is it

Your guess seemed right.
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3) Where can i buy one!

How are we supposed to know? Maybe it was homemade or something? And why would you wanna buy something that you have no idea the use of it...?
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I don't know what it does but it does show a nice neat build without a bunch of wires and cables to block the air flow.
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Old August 15th, 2004, 10:35 AM
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That is to bring in cooler outside air to the front of the CPU cooler. Looks homemade but there are some factory ones out there.
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WHere can i buy a factory one?
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Or ... Maybe he built it that way to keep cat hair from gumming up the circuitry.

(There's definitely a cat in that house )
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it's called a fan-duct

several companies make them and each looks different, but does the same thing...

they vary from this:
http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/cooling_devices/globalwin_waa08/

to this:
http://www.svc.com/ovcokitbl.html

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