Is there a case with side fan blowing on nforce4 northridge?

[mrscintilla]

looking for a case that has a 120mm exhaust fan and a side fan that somewhat directly over the graphic card and northridge cooler area of a nforce4 motherboard, a8n-sli.

hate to buy a new case and drill holes in it. Unless it's a really cheap one.

 

[Operandi]

Side fans are unnecessary.

 

[xbassman]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Side fans are unnecessary.

That's a kinda broad statement.
Yes usually they are, but I had a situation where I was overclocking using onboard nforce graphics. A side fan gave me stability at a higher clock keeping my northbridge cool.

 

[Mucker]

I have a 92 mm Zalman fan atop a Swiftech MCX478. The air that comes out of that thing blasts the stock NB as well as the RAM on my IC7 pretty well even at lower speeds. So much so, that I turned the NB fan down from 6000 to 3100rpm. The fins on the NB are cool to the touch, the whine is gone, and no stability issues whatsoever....

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[Solutions]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Side fans are unnecessary.

Doesn't look like he asked that...

I am unaware of a case that has the fan hole positioned in that exact spot. One idea though would be to buy a CHEAP case and just use its side panel to cut out your fan hole.

$20 case (no PSU)
+
$10 "nibbler" to cut the fan hole or $10 for a 120mm circular saw bit for your drill)
+
15 minutes
=
A cooler NB!

Out of curiousity what are your NB temps/speed? My stock NB HSF unit has been fine for me so far but I have yet to get above 230MHz FSB.

 

[mrscintilla]

stock speed, 39 MB 43 CPU, and 29 (case??, this is reported in speefan as case temp), under minor load. I think all 3 are a bit high. hence, the need to find a better case.

where do you get the $20 case with a 120mm rear fan? Shipping from online vendors kills the deals on all sorts of good cases.