I just got the thermaltake volcano ducting mod for my volcano 9. It actually does help lower temperatures, and lowers the noise a little bit.. heres a crappy pic of it installed and runny, and yes I have messy wires, case is pretty small inside

Before this mod I had load temps around 48C and idle temps around 43C (digidoc probe, cant remember the MBM ones)

The mesurements were given 10 minutes for each

Fan on full (~5300RPM according to MBM)
Case temp is 22C right now

Load (running folding @ home): 40C digidoc probe, 29C according to MBM..

idle: 37C digidoc probe (25C according to MBM)

Fan on low (~1200 RPM accrding to MBM)

Load 55C digidoc probe (42C according to MBM)

idle 47C digidoc probe (36C according to MBM)

So this thing actually does work, Id recommend it to anyone with a volcano series hsf. Pain in the arse to install while to heatsink is still on (I have to remoce my psu to get it off, too lazy) And I only paid $15 CDN for it at bigfootcomputers -> http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merc...y_Code=0005.50

Just thought I'd post this for any volcano users out there still

EDIT: Forgot the pic

beside my tri-led fan packaging


in case

Thanks for the info man. I'm using a 7 so, it's good to know it works.

No problem..forgot to upload the pics I took, so they are there now I was surprised at the results I got, I have my fan on medium, and its a bit lower than when (before duct mod) i had it on high..

EDIT: I have it angled the other way then the instructions told me, due to psu being in the way

dammit just notice my spelling error of volcaon..damned c and v keys being so close!!

lol DW, you make VolVano sound like a car a soccer mom would drive!

Is it me, or does it appear on everyones page Adim Options at the bottom of everypage? Ive wondered that for awhile, just got the nerve to ask

"Where do all the porn stars go when the lights go down?
I think I know where all the porn stars go?
They all become Volvano-driving soccer moms."

You know, I bet you could make your own with a small pvc 45 deg. elbow. and a dead fan. Take the dead fan and cut out the fan and it's supports so that only the square part is still there. screw that to the heatsink, and glue/epoxy the elbow to it. Then glue/epoxy your heatsink fan to the other end.

lol..yeah you could slider, but that takes effort and work, something Im against

Yeah, but when you're a poor hoe, you find ways to do these things.

Hell, its only $15CDN, whats that, like $8 US, prolly cost more in material to build, and it should work on any 80mm heatsink..

Yeah, I know. I've been cut of from buying ANYTHING for awhile. Had some rather large expenses recently. Plus I get the satisfaction of figuring out how to do it, and making it myself.

Well, there is that too I want to get some blue LED's and put them in the duct and light it up

Or how about some EL wire in a spiral?

That would be sweet, never thought of that good idea, EL wire is still a bit pricey isn't it?

Don't really know. I've seen it on ebay. I know many are opposed to the 'BAY, but I use it alot.

Just found an auction on there for some..5 foot of green EL wire that can be sound activated as well, for like 13 bucks plus shipping. That's not too bad.

i was reading and some guy said he actually got higher temps with this mod. Maybe the buds just an idiot, since your obviously getting lower temps

could be it depends on the airflow in your csae.

as opposed to the 'Bay, I get good deals at Half.com owned by ebay.

My case sucks for airflow..too cramped, get better temps with the side off. If you look at the pic I posted, you can see that the duct is angled downward, so it sucks the cooler air, then if it was angled upward, which would suck warmer air, since everyone knows, hot air rises..