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- May 1, 2003
- Location
- Seattle
My case isn't moving enough air right now, my exhaust is way too weak, and so I just bought an 80CFM 120mm fan that I want to slap on the back of my case. I have room for it, and am comfortable using a dremel. (I have the multipro 395 + most attachments).
Anyways heres my questions. If I just clamp a piece of wood to the inside of the case where I plan to do the cutting will that be enough protection for the rest of the interior components? motherboard etc. Or should I remove everything from the case first?
Second part, I was thinking the best thing to use for this mod would be a carbide cutoff wheel, but since the fan hole isn't all that big I was wonderingif anyone has other ideas or reccomendations?
Final Part, would modding the side of my case with a 2nd fan blowing on the cpu from a distance be helpful, or not worth the hassle. I mean I don't know much about air flow/resistance factors and I didn't know if it would help or hinder the cpu cooling, since if installed, the new fan would be "stacked" only like 4-5 inches away from the cpu fan. And I don't really want to install it and find out it doesn't work and then have a non functional hole in my case Currently I have a 92mm fan blowing on my Thermalright Slk-900u.
Anyways heres my questions. If I just clamp a piece of wood to the inside of the case where I plan to do the cutting will that be enough protection for the rest of the interior components? motherboard etc. Or should I remove everything from the case first?
Second part, I was thinking the best thing to use for this mod would be a carbide cutoff wheel, but since the fan hole isn't all that big I was wonderingif anyone has other ideas or reccomendations?
Final Part, would modding the side of my case with a 2nd fan blowing on the cpu from a distance be helpful, or not worth the hassle. I mean I don't know much about air flow/resistance factors and I didn't know if it would help or hinder the cpu cooling, since if installed, the new fan would be "stacked" only like 4-5 inches away from the cpu fan. And I don't really want to install it and find out it doesn't work and then have a non functional hole in my case Currently I have a 92mm fan blowing on my Thermalright Slk-900u.