Gamecube Cooling Solutions

Tchay

Tchay

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We need one, so here it is. crap$bh

Official Gamecube Cooling Solutions

First off, the best solutions I can come up with are from ADDA:
http://www.pchub.com/uph/brand/-203/ADD ... spare.html

amazon link to get arctic silver - this can get Modretro moneyz right?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... dition=new

Next, applying arctic silver thermal compound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation ... feature=iv

Great place to get ANY size copper you want!
http://www.stormcopper.com/
^ just email them for a custom size and thickness (and they can make the copper really thick if you want it)



Now, I have quick question. Does this fan blow up or to the side? For my next portable, I will need a fan+heatsink unit that blows the hot air out to the side.
http://www.pchub.com/uph/laptop/88-6194 ... -Fan-.html?

Oh, be careful with the 5v fans from ADDA. If they go above 5v they will fry. You will see smoke come Haven't tested 7.4v though....


Heating is pretty much the LAST obstacle for tiny GC portablizing. We conquer this baby and we are set!
 
Re: Gamecube Heating Solutions

Σigma said:
Better place for Arctic Silver :

http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-5-T ... 275&sr=1-4

5$ Shipped
And Isn't ModRetro an Amazon Affiliate now?

EDIT: I think that fan blows out to the side since it's from a laptop.
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okay thx I changed the link. Its about 5.95 but whatever, it can get Modretro money I think..

I hope you are right about the fan. If it blows up then it will be useless in my portable.
 
Re: Gamecube Heating Solutions

You mean cooling? Playing it would be a good way to heat it. :trollface:

If that fan doesn't blow to the side, its because you hooked the power up backwards. I don't think those fans would even move air if they spun the other way.
 
Re: Gamecube Heating Solutions

For heatsinks, a stock Intel CPU Cooler heat sink ripped out of the plastic fan housing may work well, the only problem is it will only touch one of the 4 important chips...

This, just rip the heatsink out.
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Would it work?

EDIT: Tchay, This fan http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Cyclone-Blo ... =pd_cp_e_2 blows outwards for certain, if its of any help.

EDIT 2: 12Gram Arctic Silver vs the normal 3.5g ones. http://www.amazon.com/Arctic-Silver-Lar ... 25&sr=1-62
 
Re: Gamecube Heating Solutions

Tchay said:
If it blows up then it will be useless in my portable.
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^ quote of the day. :dah:



and lol vskid3 i did indeed mean cooling. I should change that :p

Eigma (how do u do that symbol!), that fan looks too big. I need a fan that is 7mm or thinner. I have the 2 RAM chips taken care of with a slab of copper.

I am planning on having 2 fans. 1 for the Flipper and 1 for the Gecko. If both fans can have heatsink channels then that would be awesome, but I will prolly only be able to fit one heatsink in there, then mount a slightly smaller fan on the Gecko (but have a metal plate on the chip to even out the heat transfer).

^ in other words, I have NO idea what I am doing.
 
Tchay said:
^ in other words, I have NO idea what I am doing.
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I can tell. I don't think many people do though. It's a greek sigma... I copy and paste it... What would be the ideal thickness for a self-contained gamecube cooling system? 1cm? or less?
 
Okay, if you can find a very thin (and cheap) motor, I should be able to get a (a bunch) heatsink/fan combo under 7mm designed and Cnc'd in the next few months (No promises here though).
 
Here's what I think. Copper plate on its own as a heatsink is a bad idea imho. It transfers heat from the CPU faster than aluminium, but also retains it longer which means it will get hotter that aluminum in a shorter space of time. Aluminum just takes longer to cool down. So, unless you have a series of fans, blowing cold air in AND hot air out I'd avoid copper plates.
I think you'd get away without anything at all on the Ram. But if you want something that blows through the top, why not just get a simple laptop one that has heat pipes. They can be bent into different shapes as long as you get one with pipes that are roughly the length you need. I use them all the time.
 
Σigma said:
Okay, if you can find a very thin (and cheap) motor, I should be able to get a (a bunch) heatsink/fan combo under 7mm designed and Cnc'd in the next few months (No promises here though).
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hmmm. I'll make a mockup of what I am looking for.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0652782968
this macbook fan and heatsink might work. It depends on the dimensions (which are NEVER listed).

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-Inspiron-600M- ... 3a6068443e
this maybe (ugh still no dimensions listed)

EDIT: this would be perfect. As long as its 7mm thick or less
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0782308980

EDIT again, Techknott, I want a fan that does NOT blow out the top. I want one that blows the hot air out the side of the fan. And I would never use copper without fans. I have a sheet of copper on the RAM chips. They get hot enough to burn skin, so that calls for heatsink in my opinion.

I just need 2 plates connected on the two main chips that channel into a fan sucking the hot air out of the unit. I didn't think about bending the pipes, that makes things much easier now.
 
:cry4:
I wish I had a cool name like that.

What if we had a replica gamecube heatsink made, but out of copper and with an inlaid fan?

SS
 
ShockSlayer said:
:cry4:
I wish I had a cool name like that.

What if we had a replica gamecube heatsink made, but out of copper and with an inlaid fan?

SS
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If the fan wasn't strong enough, that could actually backfire according to Techknott. The copper would "stash" heat more quickly than the fan could keep up with...



I have been researching fans and heatsinks for the past few days almost obsessively trying to find something that works and takes up little space. Hit a lot of dead ends, but I think I might have a good set up.

EDIT: found a cheaper 6mm thick fan on ebay. updated links.

By trimming this to the right size, and installing 2 of these fans, we could have a solid heat flow and be no thicker than 7mm off the motherboard (which I don't have a choice on with my 2nd GCP). Note, the GC may need 2 of those heatsinks, one for Gecko and one for Flipper.....If I had a thermal circuit I could run some tests and compare it to the stock heatsink....but I don't...and have yet to get some decent help on that :(

^ if you wanted to save some money, you could get this 7mm thick fan instead
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The OTHER option is to tile these on all 4 chips and then have this fan or this cheaper 7mm fan suck in from outside the case and blow sideways along the chips and out a vent (thats why these fans have a side gap)
 
I didn't read 100% through the thread, but I reccomend arctic silver 7, it's basically arctic silver 5, but it's an adhesive instead, so you won't have to glue down the heatsinks.
 
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