Where can I put my last fan? ideas please!

[Tekk]

I already put my case fan (80mm) in the slot for it on my generic PC Club case. But now I have an extra 80mm fan and I don't know where to put it. Any ideas of where I should rig it up? Maybe cut a custom hole in the side panel of the case or something of the sort? Any help would be appreciated.


Its a mid ATX tower by the way.

[tonym]

Tekk,

Since hot air rises, if you're going to put a hole anywhere for the fan...it should be in the top of the case and have the vent outwards. Of course, you'll need a finger guard!!

If you don't feel like drilling/cutting, then you can mount the fan at the top of the case and have it blow from front to back and use it as a "stirring" fan to create air "eddys" in those hard-to-cool areas (like between the PCI cards).


Just some thoughts...


Tony

[arn]

I've got one in the top venting out and one in the bottom sucking in fresh air. Used an old 486 power supply fan guard for the top. Used a good pair of tin snips to cut the hole and cut some weather stipping to cover the cut edge. Applied a small amount of silicon to glue the rubber strip on.

Looks good. CPU runs 3C cooler with the case enclosed than with it off.

arn