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Lead Head · July 4th, 2006

My rig got pretty toasty under load with the side panels on...my mobo has the same fan, and if your mobo is like mine where only the CPU fan has speed control, you'll want to plug the PWM fan into the CPU fan header to knock down its speed, its not really loud, but a high-med picthed whining...

polobunny · July 4th, 2006

At any rate, the project being easy and having a cost of almost nothing I don't see why you should keep them as is. ;) It's true it improves the air flow, and depending on the video card it might not be a bad thing.
Just don't forget to make a flow, because that's the most important things. It's useless to add alot of fans sending the heat out of even fine tune the grils if there's no cold air entering the case.

**gvblake22** · July 4th, 2006

Nice work. I would also suggest cutting those fan vents out, those things look like they are terribly designed! It really wouldn't take any time at all. Grab yourself a pair of tin snips or a dremel with a cutting wheel and go to town on that thing! :thup:

**One4yu2c** · July 4th, 2006

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

Nice work. I would also suggest cutting those fan vents out, those things look like they are terribly designed! It really wouldn't take any time at all. Grab yourself a pair of tin snips or a dremel with a cutting wheel and go to town on that thing! :thup:

Just make sure to remove the plate first, or take the motherboard out, so as to prevent pieces of metal causing a shortage. :P

**gvblake22** · July 4th, 2006

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Originally Posted by One4yu2c

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

Nice work. I would also suggest cutting those fan vents out, those things look like they are terribly designed! It really wouldn't take any time at all. Grab yourself a pair of tin snips or a dremel with a cutting wheel and go to town on that thing! :thup:

Just make sure to remove the plate first, or take the motherboard out, so as to prevent pieces of metal causing a shortage. :P

aaahhhh, indeed. Sometimes it's easy to overlook the most obvious things!

yurimxpxman · July 4th, 2006

I don't have a whole lot of cooling in my rig - just two 120MM fans and a stock CPU fan - and I run Folding@Home 24/7. My CPU never goes above 40 degrees centigrade. It's usually a bit cooler than that.

Of course, due to my cheap Gigabyte mobo, I don't have a hgue overclock, either. I'm running my Athlon 64 3700 at 2.3Ghz - that's only 0.1Ghz over the stock speed.

Jokerswild · July 5th, 2006

I'll fix the vents and yes I'll remove the mobo and vacuum it afterwards also. I also have a fan on the side of the case but there is no fan placement for the front of the case to pull air in. Should the side fan be pulling air into the case? It's located in the middle of the side panel, I would guess it should be pulling the cool air in since there is not another fan.

**gvblake22** · July 5th, 2006

Well, see what your temps are I guess and then go from there.

**Hitman** · July 5th, 2006

I have cut holes in the front of cases, its pretty easy. The best tool for Fan Holes is a Hole Saw.

Jokerswild · July 5th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Hitman

I have cut holes in the front of cases, its pretty easy. The best tool for Fan Holes is a Hole Saw.

The problem is there's really no place on the front of this case for a fan. I suppose I could put one where 2 of the drive bay's are by removing the covers and making a face plate with a grill to fill the space. The other option would be to cut a hole in the top of the case and mount one there but heat rises so I don't know if that would do any good other than as an exhaust.

July 4th, 2006	#11
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	My rig got pretty toasty under load with the side panels on...my mobo has the same fan, and if your mobo is like mine where only the CPU fan has speed control, you'll want to plug the PWM fan into the CPU fan header to knock down its speed, its not really loud, but a high-med picthed whining... Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

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July 4th, 2006	#12
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5,113 Blog Entries: 6	At any rate, the project being easy and having a cost of almost nothing I don't see why you should keep them as is. ;) It's true it improves the air flow, and depending on the video card it might not be a bad thing. Just don't forget to make a flow, because that's the most important things. It's useless to add alot of fans sending the heat out of even fine tune the grils if there's no cold air entering the case.

July 4th, 2006	#13
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,479 Blog Entries: 1	Nice work. I would also suggest cutting those fan vents out, those things look like they are terribly designed! It really wouldn't take any time at all. Grab yourself a pair of tin snips or a dremel with a cutting wheel and go to town on that thing! :thup:

July 4th, 2006	#16
yurimxpxman Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: /home/yurimxpxman Posts: 1,695	I don't have a whole lot of cooling in my rig - just two 120MM fans and a stock CPU fan - and I run Folding@Home 24/7. My CPU never goes above 40 degrees centigrade. It's usually a bit cooler than that. Of course, due to my cheap Gigabyte mobo, I don't have a hgue overclock, either. I'm running my Athlon 64 3700 at 2.3Ghz - that's only 0.1Ghz over the stock speed.

July 5th, 2006	#17
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,217	I'll fix the vents and yes I'll remove the mobo and vacuum it afterwards also. I also have a fan on the side of the case but there is no fan placement for the front of the case to pull air in. Should the side fan be pulling air into the case? It's located in the middle of the side panel, I would guess it should be pulling the cool air in since there is not another fan.

July 5th, 2006	#19
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,594 Blog Entries: 2	I have cut holes in the front of cases, its pretty easy. The best tool for Fan Holes is a Hole Saw.