Cooler Master 5 cooling

[spacecowboy9891]

I just bought this case because I was getting tired of the 250mm power up case fan and was wondering how cooling is going to be on this thing. I was considering adding a top mounted fan if possible. Here is a link to the case if you are unfamiliar.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811119077

Thanks,
Arthur

 

[BlueAcolyte]

It's Ok, but if you look at the pictures, those two fans are it.

 

[GeezerMan]

It's probably my favorite inexpensive case to build with. The front is all mesh. I had a X2 165 overclocked to 2.6, 2 drives, and 1 video card in one build. Temps were fine.

 

[spacecowboy9891]

Cool, I was considering putting together a water cooling system this February if it is to loud. Or maybe I could put a exhaust fan at the top of the case.

 

[JasonSix78]

I have one as well and I added a 120mm fan in the front right below my DVD burner. Like GeezerMan said, the front is all mesh so the fan I added pulls air in from the front and blows directly across my CPU cooler and out the back exhaust fan. Mine is the non-windowed model so I have two spots to add fans on the side. Since my video card (8800GTS) was so warm I also added a 92mm fan on the side and it greatly reduced it's temperature. Overall this case has pretty good cooling if you take advantage of some of the empty spots in the case.

 

[spacecowboy9891]

Oh, I will buy a 120 for the front then. I wasn't sure if it would fit because the factory is a 80

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: spacecowboy9891
Oh, I will buy a 120 for the front then. I wasn't sure if it would fit because the factory is a 80

requires some modifications but, the 532 comes with a 120mm in the front bottom. I have a 532 and it currently sits with two 120mm front(one in the very bottom and one in the 5.25 bays) a 120mm rear, a 60mm rear for the video card, the PSU output and an 80mm intake on the side pannel. Idle tems for my 3GHz A64 3700+ SD are 36C core, 36C pwm and 35C chipset. Cpu is running 1.45V and chipset is running 1.6v. If you'd like to see the layout see my thread: here

 

[spacecowboy9891]

That setup looks great. I think that I might put another fan in the 5.25 bays also. Thanks