If you had this case which way would you have the fans running?

[Tbirdkid]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-124&catalog=7&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1

Please recommend the best way to run all of the fans in this unit. I dont have the side window... but i do have a side case fan on mine. Help me out... i am going home to work on my box again tonight and would like some recommendations on exactly how to run the fans.... that means processor and all. I have a sk7 with a ystech adjustable on my processor. Thanks in advance....

 

[shiftomnimega]

Case fan in front of case should blow air into the system and the ones in the back should always pull hot air out of the system. One of the pictures show the back fans oriented to blow out of the case.

Side fans should blow air onto your pci/agp components, and if you got a place for a fan on top that should blow hot air out since heat rises.

 

[RockV]

I have this case. It only comes with the 2 rear fans as standard equipment. I would highly recommend adding the front fan and the hard disk bay fan with the flow into the case. The rear fans should already be factory installed to exhaust the case. I would consider the side fan as optional but again blowing into the case. The power supply fan will also exhaust (blow out).

 

[PliotronX]

I have an older model of that case, and I concur with the other guys with the fan config.

The squarish grills in front of the fans at the front and rear of the case restrict airflow quite a bit. So if you get a chance, cutting those out would help a lot with turbulence (noise) and m0ar air

 

[Ikonomi]

Front two intake, back two exhaust, side panel intake.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: PliotronX
I have an older model of that case, and I concur with the other guys with the fan config.

The squarish grills in front of the fans at the front and rear of the case restrict airflow quite a bit. So if you get a chance, cutting those out would help a lot with turbulence (noise) and m0ar air

rear ones look easy, but how would one dremil the front metal off?

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: PliotronX
I have an older model of that case, and I concur with the other guys with the fan config.

The squarish grills in front of the fans at the front and rear of the case restrict airflow quite a bit. So if you get a chance, cutting those out would help a lot with turbulence (noise) and m0ar air

rear ones look easy, but how would one dremil the front metal off?

To remove the bezel, there are six tabs holding it in place and you just push them inward one side at a time and work it off. You have to remove the optical drive(s) first though. There is a grip of wires connected to the bezel so you can be like lazy me and just keep the bezel to the side with the wires dangling or just pull all of the wires out of the case to completely remove the bezel and reinsert the wires later. After removal, the whole naked front of the case is revealed to hack away till your heart's content There are also a few holes around the front in the metal here, and if you put some tape over them it will focus more air through the fan's blowhole (less dust/interrupted airflow).

 

[Skyline622]

Originally posted by: shiftomnimega
Case fan in front of case should blow air into the system and the ones in the back should always pull hot air out of the system. One of the pictures show the back fans oriented to blow out of the case.

Side fans should blow air onto your pci/agp components, and if you got a place for a fan on top that should blow hot air out since heat rises.

well said

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: PliotronX
I have an older model of that case, and I concur with the other guys with the fan config.

The squarish grills in front of the fans at the front and rear of the case restrict airflow quite a bit. So if you get a chance, cutting those out would help a lot with turbulence (noise) and m0ar air

rear ones look easy, but how would one dremil the front metal off?

To remove the bezel, there are six tabs holding it in place and you just push them inward one side at a time and work it off. You have to remove the optical drive(s) first though. There is a grip of wires connected to the bezel so you can be like lazy me and just keep the bezel to the side with the wires dangling or just pull all of the wires out of the case to completely remove the bezel and reinsert the wires later. After removal, the whole naked front of the case is revealed to hack away till your heart's content There are also a few holes around the front in the metal here, and if you put some tape over them it will focus more air through the fan's blowhole (less dust/interrupted airflow).

hm thanks for the info, guess i'll do it tommorow there really isn't a real good reason why they left metal grillwork over the front fans..which are protected by the bezel anways..., plus grills block light ud think it would actually be easier to simply cut a hole then cut out the damn useless grill during manufactuer

ah well, good thing the bezel comes off easy, my old pos case had its bezel attached by rivits an glue and stuff, it was not fun getting it off, and once off, it never went back on in any type of sturdy way.

 

[Davegod]

Out of curiousity, do you think the cut-out grills add anything to the strength or rigidity of the case?

 

[0roo0roo]

thats true, it might a little. i'm not going to use an aluminum case as a step ladder anyways though the plastic side window itself probably lowers overall strength a little too

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: PliotronX
I have an older model of that case, and I concur with the other guys with the fan config.

The squarish grills in front of the fans at the front and rear of the case restrict airflow quite a bit. So if you get a chance, cutting those out would help a lot with turbulence (noise) and m0ar air

rear ones look easy, but how would one dremil the front metal off?

To remove the bezel, there are six tabs holding it in place and you just push them inward one side at a time and work it off. You have to remove the optical drive(s) first though. There is a grip of wires connected to the bezel so you can be like lazy me and just keep the bezel to the side with the wires dangling or just pull all of the wires out of the case to completely remove the bezel and reinsert the wires later. After removal, the whole naked front of the case is revealed to hack away till your heart's content There are also a few holes around the front in the metal here, and if you put some tape over them it will focus more air through the fan's blowhole (less dust/interrupted airflow).

hm thanks for the info, guess i'll do it tommorow there really isn't a real good reason why they left metal grillwork over the front fans..which are protected by the bezel anways..., plus grills block light ud think it would actually be easier to simply cut a hole then cut out the damn useless grill during manufactuer

ah well, good thing the bezel comes off easy, my old pos case had its bezel attached by rivits an glue and stuff, it was not fun getting it off, and once off, it never went back on in any type of sturdy way.

No prob :beer: I agree, it would be much better for the end users and manufacturers overall to just leave the holes alone.

Man my first ATX case was the same way. I ended up just leaving the bezel off and ghetto taping the LEDs to the front It also had some of the sharpest damned edges. In retrospect the challenge of modding it added something to working in it, but ever since I treated myself to a well thought-out case I can't go back

Out of curiousity, do you think the cut-out grills add anything to the strength or rigidity of the case?

I'd figure it does add to the structural integrity, but as I understand it the grills are designed to shield, or rather keep in, EMI to pass FCC specs. The grills obviously won't block all EMI as a good metallic mesh would, but the holes are small enough or designed in such a way (honeycomb) to block EMI only down to a certain wavelength. In my experience I have had no problems relating to EMI and I have some fairly sensitive electronics in the same room so I figure the FCC imposes this for use in or near industrial appliances. So as long as these grills are in cases I happen to buy, I'll be removing 'em one way or another

 

[0roo0roo]

hah emi, thats a lost cause for half the cases they sell with the giant side windows ah well, sliced out the grills, didn't take all that long. airflow improved a little, mostly slightly more light shows through and less worry about dust. my other chieftec case has a problem with dust bunny buildup in front grill work area, and its a pain to clean.

 

[PliotronX]

Good point, laff I think since the side panel is removable and not an integral part of the case that it can have parts for the side panel designated as an accessory so the same standards may not apply. I wish we could have cases the same way but in the foreseeable future I'll be cutting.... but yeah if there's any proof EMI is nothing to worry about for the end user it's the non-existent shielding of those windows Good to hear of the success, she can breathe now, hehe. Dust is the bane of computers, next to ionized water If only keeping those dust bunnies from building up was as easy as dangling a carrot out the front of the case...

 

[0roo0roo]

ah i've fought dust successfully before, but it was ugly

sans ugly 1/2" furnace filter
not bothering with filters for the chieftec, any bolt ons are pathetically ineffective, and making it ugly is not an option. easier to use can of air every once in a while.

 

[PliotronX]

Nice, thanks for sharing those :beer: Three fans on the side sweetness. If those wire grills weren't applied they'd probably suck small children right in Yeah, before I discovered the wonders of canned air it was tiresome using the ol' lung power. I could imagine a can the size of a 50 gallon barrel... could start some small funnel clouds >8)

 

[Barak]

i got the same case:2 80mm fans in the front blowing air in the case, 2 80mm on back side on case sucking air out of the case, 1 80 mm fan on the side blowing air in the case.the noise in the case is very low can't hear the fans blowing,the only fan i hear is the CPU FAN.