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So, I got bored, and cut the little metal plate that goes over my fan's exhaust.... you know, the part of the case with all the holes in it.... i cut that out... so its just open fan other than the armor's plastic mounting thing....
just by opening that one up alone, GPU temps dropped 2-3C, and CPU temps dropped 3C.
You can really feel the difference in air being moved with it gone, too. Its nutty. I reccomend this mod to everyone who uses air cooling!
edit: WORKLOG ADDED
i did the 90mm hard drive fan as well.... but this time i have pics!!!!!!!!!!
step 1: the ultra scientific way of measuring CFM's........ before i started cutting around this fan, i first measured its air flow...
then I cut the grill off using my handy dandy dremel (not the prettiest but its the back of my case. so oh well)
So now, when I did a test for air flow, my readings were a lot better
notice the little fold in the paper i was using is going the other way, not providing (if the previous way did) lift.... so I would say its about twice as much air flow
even more of a temp drop. 2 degrees for 8800's idle, and 3 for cpu's idle
just by opening that one up alone, GPU temps dropped 2-3C, and CPU temps dropped 3C.
You can really feel the difference in air being moved with it gone, too. Its nutty. I reccomend this mod to everyone who uses air cooling!
edit: WORKLOG ADDED
i did the 90mm hard drive fan as well.... but this time i have pics!!!!!!!!!!
step 1: the ultra scientific way of measuring CFM's........ before i started cutting around this fan, i first measured its air flow...

then I cut the grill off using my handy dandy dremel (not the prettiest but its the back of my case. so oh well)

So now, when I did a test for air flow, my readings were a lot better
notice the little fold in the paper i was using is going the other way, not providing (if the previous way did) lift.... so I would say its about twice as much air flow


even more of a temp drop. 2 degrees for 8800's idle, and 3 for cpu's idle