Cheap, sliightly messy, kinda cool-looking way to get more air into the box.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Ace Hardware sells 4" circular louvered vents for about $2 apiece. I mounted one in the side of my case after cutting the hole in the side for it. Cutting the hole is a pain in the butt when you don't have a Dremel tool. :mad:

I painted mine case color, but it looks pretty cool in bare aluminum. And for further ventilation, you can drill a few holes in the inside walls of the vent and secure a PSU-size fan inside it with cable ties. You'll have to snip the corners on the fan though.

I'll see if I can't get some pictures of the front and back of the vent.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

This is all that's visible on the outside. Good if you don't like the look of standard finger guards.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

The inside, showing the trimmed PSU fan sitting most of the way inside the vent.

[cjtune]

Nice job! The louvres might constrict the exhaust airflow but if case temps haven't changed much I guess it's OK. You could cut ever other louvre vane to increase the opening for the fan.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Doesn't anyone else have something to say? :(

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Originally posted by Would71
Nice work, but I still prefer the simple chrome-plated wire fan guards. Don't even know why I prefer them, to be honest. Perhaps how they look.. *shrug* They probably have better airflow as well.

Also, if I put any of these in my next case I think I'll leave them in bare metal instead of painting them. I'll have pictures of that, when the time comes. :)

[MetalSiren]

Nice, did you paint that yourself??

I wonder if those some in smaller rectangle shapes.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Originally posted by MetalSiren
Nice, did you paint that yourself??

I wonder if those some in smaller rectangle shapes. Yes, I did paint it myself. 1200-degree heat resistant paint was the closest spray paint color I could find to the color of the case. I wouldn't be surprised if there are rectangular grills too. I picked a round one to contrast with the boxiness of the case. :p