What degree difference does it seem to make having that on them? Also you might look into the 3d and other mods to close the top of your going to that much work on bottom.
closing the top of s-5's is a bad idea.
closing the bottom is a good idea.
at least my tests have shown me that:
a closed bottom helps and a closed top and bottom does not help.
I wanted to send him one of my fans since it is a large fan and would generate more air across the bottom heatsink he attached.
My guess is the only improvement to his idea is getting some air on that bottom heat sink. For air cooling my guess is his idea of that bottom heatsink is really good.
Have you tested the 3d set or what did you test to close it? Did you test a vertical setup? I think they also have been putting them vertical with the 3d ones which would make a big difference on heat direction with a vertical orientation.
I would love to see some of your testing if you don't mind posting
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I did 1 unit vertical and decided to not document it since I knew I would not run a lot of s-5's.
I found on a push pull setup air leaks at the bottom and the top of the unit.
but the top air leak does 2 things it runs air directly at the temp sensors and at the controller.
if you fully cover an s-5 and use push pull fans the air that cools the controller/temp sensors is redirected out of the pull fan. so it does not work so good.
if you fully seal the bottom which I did with a temp resistant rubber pad no air leaks out the bottom. so that air runs upwards and at the pull fan.
so the temp sensors get more air and the pull fan gets more air. thus it cools better.
this setup by the op looks really good maybe the best air cooled s-5 I have seen.
if he just had a little more fan action on that added heatsink it would be great.