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Originally Posted by muskie88
yo killuminati...i have the same case as you or somethin xtremely similar...j/w but does the top panel come off easily? i havent fully taken it apart yet, but i am going to. adding some new fans/was considering a blowhole. Is that top fan a 120? i thought the 120 might look a little to big on mine, but it looks very good proportion wise on yours. just a hint...might wanna hack out those 80mm grilles and put some new ones on, the kind they sell at SVC for next to nothing that are like concentric chrome circles (the finger guard kind). i did it to mine and put some coolermaster blue UV fans in there. its awesome like that.
About ur top window...thats just a CD case, then how did you put the case? cut the hole a little smaller then the case, glue the window on the inside of the case, then put the stuff on top?
i just ordered a 120mm fan to add as intake and a 60 for exhaust (case only holds a 60 for exhaust), but seeing as i already have 2x80mm intakes, i may use the 120 for exhaust...either mod it into the rear of the case where the 60 spot is, or put it as a blowhole. If i use it for intake, i will cut a 120mm hole where the 4 80mm fans can fit in the front and put it there. which of these would u guys recommend? also im getting a fan controller (NICE looking on svc for 4.99)...should i control all 4 case fans, or 2 case and the GPU and CPU fans wit it? i think id rather have the case fans unless theres a reason to do otherwise...b/c i dont wanna accidently turn a knob and have my HSF turn off.
EDIT: ive been wanting to get good pics of my PC forever now to post here. all i have is a scanner. my sis lost the software for my digital camera, and wont let me use hers
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Thanks for suggestion about the 80mm's. I've thought of doing that for some time now but I'm not sure if I want to go that route. I am definately going to open the side up more some how though.
It is a 120mm on the top. I went with a 120mm so I could have a "quieter" fan running there that pushed a good amount of air. It's one thing to have LOUD fans inside the case but to have a loud fan as an EXHAUST or INTAKE is a whole new world noise.
As far as the top panel coming off, mine is riveted on. Which ofcourse sucks. It would be nothing to take the dremel and drill out the rivets and add my own screws but I didn't feel like doing it at the time.
The cd case window thing worked out perfect in more ways then one. First of all the cd case is a darn near perfect fit in the top there and it just so happens that the square I cut out actually made mounting the thing a breeze. The cd case edge near the front of the PC is actually placed on top of a "LIP" in the case. All I had to do was use some double sided tape or hot glue on the back side, near the fan, and it was in good and snug. I put the trim on before I put the window on btw.