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My deciding factor? Was noisy and restricted air... Way around it? Just cut the dang thing.
I would like to do that but I have very tall ram with a Corsair cooler and to my thinking the cooler and push fans will hit the ram, My ram is 1/2 in. from the stock 200mm fan. I do like the idea though, I have done it on other cases and it always made things cooler and quieter.
I am about to cut mine despite the fact that it will kill me to cut this thing up. I tried everything and no matter what fan is used they absolutely will not fit inside the case for push therefor only leaving the pull option.My temps are getting higher not overclocked than they were before I used this case. Cutting the mesh for a better fan seat is the only option.I need lower temps to fold and gaming.
Unlike most, I'm drawing fresh air in from outside the case. My room is generally very cool and otherwise the MB/vid card temps are never an issue (I've tested both exhaust/intake scenarios with the H100).
But as an intake, my temps are generally much better so I just stuck with drawing cold air from outside the case, a bit atypical but it works in my environment.
Overall, I don't think the H100 is that great considering you can get a RASA kit for just a wee bit more and it will spank an H100's pants. Just had one convenient to me at Fry's and so it's what I went with for my initial build (brand new 2700K machine). I'll eventually upgrade to custom or a better kit.
BTW: I didn't do before/after temps but I'm sure the much better air flow of a cut case is going to be slightly better for temps. That mesh has got to constrict things a bit.
Also, did you try the Scythe "Slim" 120's? With some mods they might work. Mine are super tight but fit okay: http://www.xpcgear.com/scythe-120mm-slip-stream-slim-sy1212sl12sl-fan.html
I just last night drilled out the pump brackets on the H100 and did a bolt-thru high pressure mount (the Corsair supplied mount is so loose) and this netted me another couple degrees off my load temps (2700K @ 5ghz/1.4v). Just a thought. I can post some pics of the bolt through mod if you care to see. I also lapped the water block but didn't really see much of a temp difference.
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Oh wow, they would likely fit.Then this way I can do push pull and increase my airflow. Thanks for that. My old case I also was drawing in cold air from the outside via ducting and fans in push pull and was very happy but this case is so much better I have to make it work! Thanks again