Fan proximity to HD

**Oero** · 01-06-2002, 07:12 AM

Originally posted by talldude:
It's not a good idea to have front intakes anyways. All you need is a lot of exhaust fans and a big intake in the bottom front of your case. The exhaust fans pull the air through natural pathways in your case which is better than having a lot of turbulance (caused by intakes). 3 80mm exhausts + PSU should keep things nice and chilly.

Ah excellent reply - I didn't think of that

Gotta dig these forums.

This case sucks for cooling. I'm going to have to cut a few holes in it or buy another one. The front intake area is tiny, only a 80mm grilled intake. The grills have a lot of sheet metal in them blocking air. I think I'll cut all that out in the front and put some a grill there. The rear is awful too, with just one 80mm fan. This might work because I'm not OCing atm, but again there's a lot of sheetmetal blocking flow. Did I mention this case sucks?

Thanks for the ideas. I'm going to take that Panaflo out and re-think this whole design.

And thanks Shasha, that's an excellent plan too, going with a thin fan if I stay with that. I forgot they make skinny ones.

Running at 99F/36C cpu 79F/26C chassis with covers off, so nothing is in the realm of excessive yet (till I start OCing this

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