help with fan placement

[cmdrdredd]

I just got this case and I know it has places for 4 fans...2 intake and 2 exhaust. I also have an exhaust on my Enermax PSu. What I need to know is should I use a fan on the side as intake, exhaust, or leave it alone. This would be a 120Mm fan which I currently use now. Will I be needing this or should I not use it?

Thanks.

here's the URl for the case http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage...07-04.JPG/11-125-007-05.JPG/11-125-007-06.JPG

 

[Buz2b]

Just an opinion, but from what I saw you shouldn't need the side fan. If you use it, make it an intake, not an exhaust. That way it will blow directly on the CPU and video card area. Actually, the optimal way would be with one front intake PLUS the side Intake with the two exhaust fans. But why cut such a pretty case???

 

[chickendinner]

yah have it intake to the vid card/chip/ram area those are the hot spots

 

[cmdrdredd]

i've decided that there will be enough air moving with 2 exhaust 2 intake and my PSU fan. So I'm installing a window with an etching instead.

thanks for suggestions anyway

 

[EglsFly]

Sounds like a good idea to me!
You might also want to toss in a cold cathode light while your at it...

 

[DongTran]

if you don't want to rip up your case, you can always send it to me to have it precision water-cut at 44,000 PSI almost any design you want, from making window holes to cutting blowholes in holes of cases - all CAD driven, not by hand. see my posts here

 

[Lithium381]

<< if you don't want to rip up your case, you can always send it to me to have it precision water-cut at 44,000 PSI almost any design you want, from making window holes to cutting blowholes in holes of cases - all CAD driven, not by hand. see my posts here >>



heh that'd be sweet, oh well, i already hacked mine up...not pretty either...

 

[cmdrdredd]

well, when you install a window any jagged edges are covered up by the moulding you put around it.