Need advice on my plan to add fans and fan filters to cool my case more

[cowface3]

The primary goal here is to cool the case better, it gets kind of toasty. The secondary goal is to filter the air with fan filters.
Heres my case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811144109

The computer has 1 120mm outtake fan, a liberty psu with an outtake fan and a video card cooler that has an outtake fan. I wanna get a positive airflow in the case by cutting some fan holes with my dremel and adding 2-3 120mm fans. I also wanna filter the case by adding fan filters, but primarily I want to cool the chipset, cpu, and video card down by providing more air.

The fans i plan to buy:

http://www.petrastechshop.com/12yalod1cafa1.html

I plan to get 2-3 of these fans and use them as intake fans
and put them on either side of my x-qpack case.

And i wanna use these filters:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811999214

- (1)First does this sound like a good idea?, Will this cool my pc significantly or will this not help that much?

(2) Do filters impede airflow too much?

(3) Will these filters be effective at keeping dust out? and if so how often will i need to clean them? if not what kind of filters would be good?

 

[DerwenArtos12]

If you're pretty dead set on doing this the only real place to put an extra 120mm fan would be as far front as you can on the left side of the case. Anywhere else on that case and it will either be essentially useless or disturb the natural airflow of the case.

 

[cowface3]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
If you're pretty dead set on doing this the only real place to put an extra 120mm fan would be as far front as you can on the left side of the case. Anywhere else on that case and it will either be essentially useless or disturb the natural airflow of the case.

why not one on the right side? I really want to cool down the chipset because i think it overheats. My case thermometer thing thats set on top of the northbridge heatsink reads 50 C sometimes when its idle. If i only put one on the left side i dont thnk this will help the chipset because the video card will block the airflow to the northbridge from the left side.

also i fixed the links

 

[Zepper]

If you want to cool the chipset better, why not get a chipset cooler? Can get passive or with fan. Check jab-tech.com, buyextras.com, svc.com, etc. they all have chipset coolers and generally ship for less than the Egg. I'm about to by a Zalman "blue fan" passive for my nVidia chip on my microATX mobo (but mine's in a standard sized tower case, so no cooling problem here.
. As was said above, there is little available real estate for fans and what there is, isn't well located - have you considered mounting a fan outside the case blowing in thru a hole in the metal - that might be easier to do. There are pretty, aluminum framed fans out there which would look good. Or take a look at the Ultra microFly - it's a bit roomier, which always makes for better breathing. There is also the possibility of ducting air directly to where you want it - make the duct out of foam display board.

.bh.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: cowface3

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
If you're pretty dead set on doing this the only real place to put an extra 120mm fan would be as far front as you can on the left side of the case. Anywhere else on that case and it will either be essentially useless or disturb the natural airflow of the case.

why not one on the right side? I really want to cool down the chipset because i think it overheats. My case thermometer thing thats set on top of the northbridge heatsink reads 50 C sometimes when its idle. If i only put one on the left side i dont thnk this will help the chipset because the video card will block the airflow to the northbridge from the left side.

also i fixed the links

because in order to fit it on the right side it's going to have to go right next to the 120mm exhaust. The lower area with the motherboard is too short and the 5.25"bays are completely in the way. Believe me, the video card won't be able to suck all the cool air you're getting in from a left side fan out the back, a lot of it will still waft across the cpu/nb area and up to the rear fan. Getting more air flowing through your case will bring ambient temperatures down which will lower component temperatures.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Zepper
If you want to cool the chipset better, why get a chipset cooler? Can get passive or with fan. Check jab-tech.com, buyextras.com, svc.com, etc. they all have chipset coolers and generally ship for less than the Egg. I'm about to by a Zalman "blue fan" passive for my nVidia chip on my microATX mobo (but mine's in a standard sized tower case, so no cooling problem here.
. As was said above, there is little available real estate for fans and what there is, isn't well located - have you considered mounting a fan outside the case blowing in thru a hole in the metal - that might be easier to do. There are pretty, aluminum framed fans out there which would look good. Or take a look at the Ultra microFly - it's a bit roomier, which always makes for better breathing. There is also the possibility of ducting air directly to where you want it - make the duct out of foam display board.

.bh.

his issue is high ambient temps due to too low of airflow, I'll almost gaurintee it, an added intake and replacing the exhaust will make a huge difference in load temperatures. An active chipset cooler would still be a good idea for this case though, prefereably a downdraft not a tower.

 

[Modelworks]

I would replace the fan in the back with something stronger.
Then open up a drive bay in the front for air to enter the case.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
I would replace the fan in the back with something stronger.
Then open up a drive bay in the front for air to enter the case.

only problem with that is that the air will be drawn straight across, front to back, in the top chamber and while it will draw temps down some, he needs to get air flowing into the lower chamber.

 

[cowface3]

what chipset cooler would work with my motherboard? Does it matter which one i get? My mobo is in my signature.

 

[Zepper]

If not using the integrated video, then most any should work. Select one for the mounting method your mobo supplies. And pick a reasonable quiet one - judge from the buyer comments on Newegg.

.bh.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Unfortunately I don't know of any aftermarket heatsinks that use the retention method required by your motherboard. There may be some but, none that I know of.