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Getting fan on the side...worth it?
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Getting fan on the side...worth it?
Is it worth throwing in a fan on the side window of my case 80 mm, 92 mm or 120 mm I can make the mounting bigger. I'll probaly get one to help light up the case anyway temp wise does it help?
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It might disrupt airflow a little, but would probably help with temps.
If you only have an 80mm mount at the moment.. You can get funnel-type adapters that'll allows you to put a 120 on the other end of it.. Last time i saw them was on ebay.. Edit - Example
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I could probably get a 120 and use cable ties.
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Ehm it's an iCute 0408SL-BS, the side fan is 92 mm but the local store has no 92's in stock..
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A side panel fan will help your system, especially if you your CPU cooler is a face down unit (fan blows down onto the mobo). If you haved a vertically or horizontally mounted unit, it will not help as much and may impede your airflow as was previously mentioned.
In my rig, I added a side panel fan and it dropped my CPU temps by 6C when run at 100% when I had the stock intel cooler. Now that I have a Vendetta blowing towards the back, the side panel fan was remounted on the outside of my case and I run it at a lower setting (30%ish) as too much air coming in actually raises my temps a little with the new cooler as it probably impedes the airflow a bit. A little air will be good though for your NB and mosfets, ram, etc...depending on where the side panel hole is. Good luck!
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My temps of my CPU weren't affected too much, but my NB, SB, and GPU SLI decreased by 12C with a 120mm 84CFM fan at 100% (I like a bit of noise...)
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