A Better Computer Fan - Sometimes: Cross-Flow Meshless AIO Case Benchmarks & Review

We also have a new LIMITED CYBER SKELETON V2 FOIL SHIRT up with our mule mugs! store.gamersnexus.net/products/limited-edition-foi… Check out our efforts to make the PERFECT CPU cooler coldplate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BMYsMGpyFY (also features animations!) Back to some normal content & reviews! But if you missed it, check out our most in-depth investigation yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A7cykj0pCg And to check out our most recent ATX case review, you can watch this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHKCjuYTVQ (at least, not counting the GameMax Hype...)

I really love when product testers comes up with an experiment and elaborate visual presentation like this one. The video becomes really educational and much more interesting.

There aren’t enough comments recognizing the ridiculous engineering feat this case is for a single designer new to building cases. They did an incredible job.

"These cross flow fans have also been used in planes, but the idea hasn't gotten off the ground." Touché' Steve. I see what you did here

LOL ! @12:52 I was like - "ooh that's a lot of big words" - and then you totally took the piss of your own explanation with the clip after - Bravo!

Steve channeling Retro Encabulator vibes and then being self aware enough to literally add a clip from the vid had me rolling. XD

GN’s really taking things up a notch lately. Every vid just fantastic. Especially the reference to the retro turbo encabulator.

Aerospace engineering nerd here and a propulsion SME, deeply appreciate the Schlieren photography. This is used extensively in aviation, especially in higher mach flow to observe compression gradients, shock waves, and expansion waves in the flow. Anyways, I can guarantee that the airflow is going to be turbulent, not laminar. But turbulent flow is better for cooling across a heatsink anyways. But this is great, your lit search on the fan tech was amazing to see as an academic!!! That's always the first step lol. Fan tech can get crazy and I absolutely appreciate this case and the testing you have done.

"And in planes, but the idea hasn't really gotten off the ground" I see what you did there, and I love it. Bravo.

14:30 "The Idea hasn't really gotten off the ground" *airplane taking off*

The excitement is real. A small company doing something different that requires lots of testing and it works. We get a Rockwell Encabulator cameo and a Jay joke. Sounds like this review was fun to put together and it shows throughout the video.

damn, that company must be so proud of the work they put into this and patting themselves on the back after seeing this video. this is basically the highest level of praise they'll ever get, especially from a highly-respected channel such as Gamer Nexus

I didn't think that Gamers Nexus could get any better than it already is, but you lovely people just took it to a whole new level! BEST. SHOW. EVER.

tech jesus makes revolutionary high quality journalism showing the flow of air by just punching a hole in a soda can there is absolutely nothing steve cant acomplish

As an HVAC technician I have learned a few things over the years about airflow and the contraptions that move them. Cross-flow fans are designed to operate with little to no static pressure (under .5 in. W.C.) and when you do use them in a high static pressure scenarios they A, significantly reduce the amount of air they are able to move due to the vortices created from the back pressure, and B, the motors burn up prematurely due to high amp draw, created by the static pressure. Also the maintenance to clean these is far more tedious, and balancing can become a nightmare. Axial fans are nice because they can be “customized” from low to high static by changing the shape, pitch, width, and thickness of the blades. Squirrel cage fans are for use in medium to high static pressure, and is the most efficient of the the 3 in regards to moving a given volume of air.

It's wonderful to see genuine innovation go from concept to production. The designer was really thinking like an engineer, and examining the effects of all of his choices. Even at the price, it feels like you're getting a lot.

I know you may not see this but genuinely this is awesome. I never imagined Id be such a fan of a channel like yours because I don't do much with my PC besides use it. You make everything so entertaining yet educational its truly wonderful. Thank you for everything you and your team do!

Your air density/flow testing rig is ~ridiculous~, in the best way possible. SO very effective, so very useful. Thanks for showing us what we've always wanted to see with our own eyes, I hope to see more of it being used.👍

Love the animations, any show or media that involves an animation to show internals and/or how something would function thats otherwise difficult to actually demonstrate just makes it so much more interesting. Hopefully we get to see more in the future?

This case is extremely cool to see! The Schlieren imaging has always been fascinating, but combined with the new animation, this is the kind of educational content that's always great to see. Props to the team!