Im gonna cut a 120mm hole into the side of my case later this year. and im going to cut that ugly case grill off the back i want to know will this inprove my temps? and were must i place the 1200mm hole? middle bottom left right...? cheers!
Are you planning on having it as an intake or exaust? Where are you planning on putting it? over CPU or GFX/PCI area? or sort of overlapping?
sort of overlaping i geuss i want the back to be intak and side out take i'll put 2 fans at back and one in side so its in though the back out the side? what do you think? oh i'll put it over (120mm ) the cpu area as im getting a exaust blower in the next few days (thanks monkeyspank!!) of cure i'll add the LEDs to make it look nice and a pretty grill lol..... i would add a fan to top but not enough space and i think stuff will fall into it lol
Which way is the fan on your heatsink blowing? If it is pushing air towards the heatsink you would probably be better off having the side fan blowing in and the rear fans exhausting.
I'd make the 120mm as a side intake so it feeds air to the CPU fan and over the cards. This was the first mod I ever did and it dropped a few degrees off my CPU temp.
I think CPU fan blowing on the Heatsink is the best. Apart from the case fans on the TOP and BACK all other fans should be intake.
frist step i cut off the grill at the back now!! 5mins with a 10,000 RPM dremel todo that! temps were 55c ilde 65c load now 48c idl and 56c load @ou7blaze i have that back as outTake i dont have space to put a fan at top well only 40mm i think and i think stuff will fall into it. im gonna put a 120mm fan in the side as outTake put 2 at the back 80MM as inTake
