What mods can i perform on my Inwin Q500?

[damocles]

I have an extra fam mounted in it and thats all. I have heard these cases can suffer from poor aiflow, what can i do that's nice and simple?

cheers

 

[RedRooster]

Throw a nice high output 92mm above the hard drive in the hard drive rack, pointing back.
I actually used a couple rails screwed to a 120mm and it's hanging above the hard drive pointing straight back, works really well.
These cases do have a bit of an airflow problem it seems, at least for a big case they seem to.
At least everything isn't all packed together tight though.

 

[xcourse]

I have this case and like it. I have an Enermax 430W p/s with its two fans, two more fans installed on the back panel in the stock positions, one below the p/s and one above, and I installed two additional fans (80mm) in the top of the case. All of the added fans are exhausting the case, so the airflow is in through the openings in the bottom front and the slots that run vertically up the fronts of the side panels, then toward the back and top of the case where it is all exhausted.

 

[Scope]

Checkout my mod. In the pics section.
Scope!

 

[damocles]

Thanks guys, time for more fans.

Scope, what are the blue lights on the front of your case?

 

[damocles]

Ooop, just read the description.

Fan LEDs, i like it

 

[Scope]

Hope it gives you some ideas. Out of all the mods I have to say putting the blowhole over the cpu/vidcard will give u the best cooling improvement. With the the 120mm intake on my Athlon 1333, it sits around 46-47C. I put an 80mm in the stock opening at the back and it dropped the temp by 1C, nothing large. With the 120mm intake the 80mm exhaust and a 92mm blowhole intake the cpu sits at 38C. Also I have my Delta heatsink fan running at only 7v to tone down the noise. Hope this helps.
Scope!

 

[Conan]

Scope, with all of those fans does it sound like a wind tunnel? I have this case running 2 80mm fans, CPU fan, and harddrive cooler fan and that is fairly loud.

 

[Scope]

I usually only need the front 120mm Panaflo intake and the 80mm exhaust on, with the ps fan that keeps my case more than cool enough. The rest is just for show. Amazing what someone can do when they're bored.
Scope!