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How hard would it be if I cut Open my case...

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Tenshodo

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I'm Thinking about addding 2 120 mm fans to my case but, I dont have any open slots, So Im thinking I should make 2 fan holes in the top of my case... Would it be Okay to do and Will it actually affect cooling?
 
Well it will increase air flow and if done properly it should help lots. Just get a dremel and plan everything out ahead and you will be fine.
 
It would help others that may read this post, if you would state the case name and model.
Also whats inside the case, your system. Are you going to add a fan buss, how potent is the
PSU? That would be a good start. 😉

2-120mms on the top is a bit much..WOW!

GY
 
I recently took advantage of the CompUSA Antec Super Lanboy deal for $30. I haven't bought the system I'm going put inside it yet but I already mod'd it by cutting a hole in the clear removeable side panel for a 120mm intake fan 🙂 It was easy to do and should provide much better cooling since it already had one 120mm intake fan in the front and another 120mm exhaust fan in the back of it.
 
Originally posted by: Muscles
I recently took advantage of the CompUSA Antec Super Lanboy deal for $30. I haven't bought the system I'm going put inside it yet but I already mod'd it by cutting a hole in the clear removeable side panel for a 120mm intake fan 🙂 It was easy to do and should provide much better cooling since it already had one 120mm intake fan in the front and another 120mm exhaust fan in the back of it.
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Cool, what did you use to cut?
 
Don't use a dremel - its very difficult to make really clean cuts - get a 4 inch bi metal whole saw and use a good drill to cut the holes.
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
the cost of tools and materials would be better spent on a better case. modded cr@p is still cr@p[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] sure u can mod it to goodness, but that requires mad skills/time/resources a beginner wouldn't have. and is only done to make an art case really.
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Drilling a hole in sheet metal is hardly "mad skills". Though I do agree with you that the tools needed are a bit spendy.
 
I'm still learning things about this case-modding business, and I tend to limit my actions to old ATX discards. Probably why I sold my CM Wavemaster instead of cutting it up.

There's no problem, essentially, with putting blow-holes in the top and installing fans. However, my own experience with side-panel and top-side blow-holes is that they transmit noise -- even if only air-turbulence and white-noise -- in a direct line to your ear or someone elses.

If it were possible to pop-rivet some sort of shroud to top-side blow-holes and fans, they would be better. If you run them at lower rpm, that, too, would be better and you might not hear them.

Such things are not totally irreversible; you can replace entire sheet-metal panels, and sheet-metal is pretty cheap, as are a handfull of pop-rivets. Maybe a mig-welder would come in handy. But for that case -- be sure you plan to live with the results.

[And thank God my sister-in-law's computer case sits under her desk. She now has one of those top-side blowholes. I wish I'd left it alone, but "she's happy . . . . she's happy . . . . "]
 
Tenshodo

I just took another look at your case.

There are two 80mm (would that they were 92's, but . . . ) fans in the rear, sitting between the I/O plate and the usual case-side-panel access.

Try ducting your CPU HSF and motherboard to those fans first. Take a look at this before you cut up your case:

Ducting Mods at OverClockers

Here's what I see. I see that you bought this case because it looks sharp. I just went back to the XOxide site, and in addition to the previous notice that they "discontinued" it, it now doesn't show at all -- they must have pulled the web-page during the 5 minutes between my two visits.

It's probably as sturdy as you say it is. Foam-board is cheap -- for your ducting -- and easy to work with. But for the appearances (I think it had a side-panel window), you'll want to get about $15 worth of Lexan, and take a bit more time. Read through the Ducting Mod article and you'll see what I mean.
 
Originally posted by: JTalbain
get some wiss tin snips for cutting out the fanhole. best $17 tool i ever purchased.
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Truthfully that was what I was going to do. I would get the fans, get the dimensions and start snipping away...
 
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