Antec 300 without a side fan?

[rking12345678]

I currently have a fan in the side of my Antec 300 case pulling air in, but even being a blue LED one the side still looks boring. I'm thinking about putting a side window in, but if I do so I'd no longer have a side fan. With decent cable management, two front intake + rear and top exhaust would my temps be hurt too much by removing the side intake?

 

[Atara]

Cut the window like this, problem solved! http://www.overclock.net/attachment...ntec-300-900-1200-owners-thread-300_after.jpg

 

[rking12345678]

I considered that but I don't know how to cut the plexiglass (or whatever people call it), I always end up cracking it.

 

[Edrick]

I currently have a fan in the side of my Antec 300 case pulling air in, but even being a blue LED one the side still looks boring. I'm thinking about putting a side window in, but if I do so I'd no longer have a side fan. With decent cable management, two front intake + rear and top exhaust would my temps be hurt too much by removing the side intake?

I run a 300 without a side fan without issue.

 

[jvroig]

With decent cable management, two front intake + rear and top exhaust would my temps be hurt too much by removing the side intake?

No, that would be fine.

I tried that on a different case I used to have, and all that happened was the video card temps increased by a few degrees, maybe 3-5C. That was all. It seems the side intake was blowing air right across the card.

It wasn't a problem, and the rest of the components didn't seem to mind. Case temp, CPU temp, and the NB temp didn't really change significantly.