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unclet:

See my previous post .... I think I posted just before you posted you reply.   Anyway, I stated that the front grill (ie: grate) looks to be decorative only. 

pointdablame:

That grill may not be decorative.  Take a look behind your Hard drive drive cages.  A lot of PC cases allow a fan to put clipped on the front to carry cool air right over your hard drives.  Many cases have this either built into the front of the case or onto the drive cage itself.

Even relatively cheap cases have these nowadays, and with those fins in the front, I'm betting yours has one.

unclet:

Ok, good to know about the fan grill in the front .... I will look when I get home from work tonight.

Questions (of course):

1) I have one fan mounted on the side of the case, a second fan mounted in the back and lets say I mount a third fan on the front of the case.   Now, which direction should each fan direct the air?   Should all fans be blowing "into" the case.  Keep in mind that the computer is located in a computer desk so the computer slides into the rectangular box area of the desk located to the left of my chair.    Perhaps the back fan should then be blowing air out of the computer, while the side/front fans blow air into the computer.

2) If you reference my earlier pictures I posted you will notice that the side computer panel has little slits in it.  Should these be blocked up with duck tape so all the fresh air I am blowing into the computer does not go out of these vents and be wasted?


Hoopz:

1.  The fan in front (if you can do it) should bring air INTO the case.  The fan in back should take air OUT of the case.  The side panel probably needs to blow air OUT of the case also.

2.  I wouldn't worry about taping up any vents.  You actually want air moving in and out. 

Do you know if the fan on the back is bringing air in or pushing it out?

RayB:

Is the heat sink on the right way?

Is there a proper layer of thermal paste between the cpu and heatsink?



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