Case/Fan?'s

[ComputerWizKid]

I bought a Silverstone http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811163066]LC-20-B[/URL] for myself and I was wondering the best fan positions for optimal cooling.
I currently have it set up this way
Front 2 X 92MM Blowing in
Right side fan blowing in
Rear fans are absent
CPU Fan blowing toward the heatsink (What way is better for a CPU fan?)
Also does anyone know a place to just buy the media kit for this case? I cheeped out by not getting the Media Kit and I regret it

 

[jamesbond007]

You are correct to have the front fans blowing inward and the side fans as intakes as well. However, I'd strongly suggest you install some rear fans simply because that is where the CPU and, forgive my lack of proper terminology, power converters/capacitors/MOSFETs are located and those can get mighty warm, depending on your CPU and motherboard setup. In fact, I would rather see you install the rear fans and skip the intakes because the rear fans force airflow around the CPU and hot areas rather than gushing in cooler air randomly and throwing it wherever in the case; it doesn't induce proper airflow of any kind. Just look at any computer from Dell, Gateway, or HP - they almost always have an exhaust fan and skip the intakes on value-oriented machines.

Good luck!

 

[zagood]

If by the "media kit" you mean the mfp51, you can find that all over the place, Fry's has them in stock most of the time.

You should have rear fans as exhaust. If your system is cool enough already don't add them, but if you need to add more fans that's the way to go. You just don't want the fans to get too loud since its a HTPC.

-z