Please help me with fan placement.

[RyanW2050]

So I bought a "Sunbeam Samurai" Case.


It's decent enough I guess.


It's got one side hole, 2 in the back and one in front.

I bought fans for all of htem.


However when I tried to screw in the front one the holes were too big so it just diddn't stay in.

So, is there a fix for that or should I just leave it empty?





Now,

I was thinking

Rear: Out
Rear: Out
Side: In


Is this not enough induction?

I was thinking since the case would have a negative air pressure it could suck a little cool air over the HDD without that fan being there.



If I could get the front one working I would put that as induction as well.




Parts are:

3200+
7800GT
FSP 450W
1gig Corsair Value
ATA133 100g 7200RPM HD
CD Burner

 

[thisbarb]

Are these 120mm fans? If the front holes are too big, you can try and buy some longer screws and use nuts to hold the fan in place. And that fan placement seems about right.

 

[RyanW2050]

They are 80mm, sorry for not specifying.


But yeah, I would just screw the scres in from the front of the holes but there is a big plastic decoration blocking it.

See:
http://www.pczaak.nl/catalog/images/samurai%20silver.JPG

 

[thisbarb]

I'm pretty sure that bezel would come off. Usually there are a couple latches on the inside of the case that hold that bezel in place. Just find those latches and remove it. Then mount the fan with the screws, and re-attach the bezel.