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Old 04-10-07   #1 (permalink)
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what could you do to improve cooling on this case it is my friends and he wants to put a 250mm on the side? what else is there maybe vents on the other side to promote ventilation?
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what could you do to improve cooling on this case it is my friends and he wants to put a 250mm on the side? what else is there maybe vents on the other side to promote ventilation?
uhhh The Antec 900 has THE best air cooling on the market. it doesnt get better. sure you can put a 250 on the side, but realistically, you wont find many better air cooling solutions.
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uhhh The Antec 900 has THE best air cooling on the market. it doesnt get better. sure you can put a 250 on the side, but realistically, you wont find many better air cooling solutions.
Indeed, case wise the 900 has excellent cooling. Adding a giant fan to the side really wouldn't help.
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the CM stackers actually have the best air cooling on the market, but the antec 900s are very nice too
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Maybe you could shop around for higher cfm fans or over volt the fans that are already in it.
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Ya know... there's a slot for another 120 mm fan on the back side of the HDD cage.... anyone put a fan in there, yet?

The stacker's so damn big.. it can't retain heat...lol

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Ya know... there's a slot for another 120 mm fan on the back side of the HDD cage.... anyone put a fan in there, yet?
Indeed I have, cools the CPU rather nicely actually. Now as I said adding a fat fan to the side won't help that much Cause 5 120mms and a 200mm is plenty of air being moved. But as said above, you can get more powerful fans if you really want to move more air. Just don't expect peace and quiet anytime soon. This case can be plenty loud on its own.
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CM's suck size wise. Add a fan to the side of the case, and look for fans with HIGHER CFM like the 250cm fan you can find bigger and better. get a tuniq tower or Zalman 9700(I use zalman)
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he is using stock antec tri cool blue LED 3-spd fans all around and i think the side is better the way it is thanks guys
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