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Re: lets see your rig
UPDATE: I have successfully installed the extra 90mm fan in the front above the 120mm blue LED fan. I will have to get some pics of the specs, but basically I took 2 wire ties and used them to secure the fan to the drive bay screw installation holes. Now the case is starting to resemble a BTX computer with a straight airflow path.
While the CPU temp seems to only have been affected a little (down to about 43 degrees under full load), the Northbridge temp has dropped a pleasant 5 degrees down to about 33 degrees. The GPU temp has remained unaffected.
My original plan was to mod the bottom and put a fan there (this was inspired by Jaggerwild's mod of his case), but I though I would give the front a try. I have two extra fans at my house (80mm dual ball bearing and 60mm ball bearing) and about a thousand other laying around at the shop so if I ever wanted to add the bottom fan as an intake that would still be an option. That would help the video card most likely since the air would go straight up into the video card fan.
As it stands now, I have 8 fans:
120mm blue LED front fan
120mm blue LED rear fan
90mm DBB front fan
90mm DBB rear fan
92mm(?) Intel HSF fan
80mm(?) MSI dual slot fan
111mm SB expansion slot fan
80mm DBB power supply fan
The PSU fan is the only one that is thermally controlled. I cranked the Intel HSF fan up to 100% in the BIOS and the video card fan up to 100% with Rivatuner. Surprisingly, I haven't really noticed much of a difference with the extra 90mm fan in the front.
Hopefully I will get some pics in here when I have some time to take them to help others who have wanted to also mount the 90mm fan in front with their Armor case.
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