were to put a side blowhole

[BigMoe]

were to put a side blowhole over the cpu and northbridge or down by the video sound cards?

 

[EeyoreX]

I suppose that depends on which components you wnat to cool. The CPU/NB or the video card.

Personally, I don't like side intake fans, unless they are ducted. In my experience they tend to do more to harm overall airflow than to help.

\Dan

 

[0roo0roo]

they work for me. fresh air for the component of choice. unless your case is so sealed that thers insane backpressure(highly unlikely unless you start caulking everything), it'll cool what needs to be cooled.

put one near the cpu, and one near the gpu. have some exhaust fans in the bvack of the case or a blow hole on top and your done.

 

[beatle]

Yup, they work for me too and mine aren't ducted. I have one over both in my server tower (though I could probably do without the one over the video card). You could also get a 120mm fan and blow over most of each.

 

[Richdog]

or even better make 2 blowholes, one for the Northbridge and one for the CPU

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I used to have a case with two 120mm fans on the side. They pretty much made every other fan extra (the CPU stayed cool when it's fan was unplugged) . I had one over the cards and the other over the CPU.

Edit: hit reply too soon.

 

[lchyi]

Wait, on the side panels, do you want them sucking air in or blowing it out? I thought having them blow out the hot air already made by your CPU/NB/GPU fans was better?

 

[0roo0roo]

blow in to force feed cold air to the parts directly. cpu fan sucks in after all. sucking out only draws already warmed air past the cpu faster