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Old 05-18-08   #1 (permalink)
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I have stock in now. Thinking i'll put in the other side fan and the top one.

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Built 2 with the 690, and I put 1 on top exhaust (back one) and side fan supply was a must.

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Yeah, placing a fan right over the CPU dropped my temps several degrees, and a blowhole fan is also very beneficial (assuming you don't stack stuff on top of it )
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I put one in the side and one on the top front. So i have
1 back one
1 top front one
1 front panel
2 left panel
And a Kama-Meter controlling the two new ones and the back and left one.

System: Winrar
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Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 4GHz		 Motherboard
Gigabyte P35 DS3L		 Memory
4GB OCZ Fata1ity 		Graphics Card
XFX GTX260 Core Edition (216sp) 1588 shader)
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WD 5000AAKS, WD 2500KS		 Sound Card
Onboard		 Power Supply
Corsair 520HX		 Case
Cooler Master RC-690 (modded)
CPU cooling
TRUE 120 with Skythe S-Flex		 GPU cooling
Stock XFX Core Edition rev2		 OS
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit		 Monitor
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