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Amen on staying away from side cover fans. If they blow hard enough to reach from the side panel to the level of the motherboard, there is no way they have n0t disrupted air-flow in, up and out of the case.
My personal experience is that side panel fans often do more harm than good because they interrupt the overall flow pattern of air moving from front down low to back up high. It's much better to position a spot fan down at motherboard level. I buy 50mm fans just for this purpose as they are small enough to fit in tight places. I adhere them to heatsinks or otherb board components with double-sided adhesive strips that you can buy in any hardware store. I put a piece of the adhesive strip on the fan housing hub or the side of the frame.