Should I add an extra CPU fan?

[Jose Jeswin]

that plastic grille came with the case...made a whistling sound when the side intake fan was running...now using only fan...

requires frequent cleaning though..

the grills on the internal fans are for the look only....besides it protects the fan blades from any hanging wires.....and i once found a spider inside my case...i put on the grills after that...

 

[Vario]

Up to you, that style grill doesn't restrict much but it doesn't serve much of a purpose, you can zip tie wires down and that type of fan isn't generating enough vacuum to pull cables into it. Grill probably isn't going to stop a spider from being sucked in LOL.

If you don't mind going to the next level you can trim the honeycomb steel off the side panel intake and the rear exhaust and then run that wire grill (that you have on the CPU fan) on it. It isn't going to look as nice though unless you are a very good hand with a dremel and files. I wouldn't bother personally.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

that's true vario......spiders are horrible....and one inside my computer is horrifying..did not use my pc for 2 days after chasing away the spider and cleaning it.. and i taped all other openings with black vinyl tape..

 

[Vario]

Well if they bother you that much atleast you won't feel bad if they get sucked in and die

 

[Jose Jeswin]

 

[Bones]

"Come on in" said the computer to the spider.......

 

[Jose Jeswin]

Itsy bitsy spider went up the computer...

 

[Bones]

And right into the fan........

 

[Jose Jeswin]

Or to log on into the website...

And right into the fan........

that's a good one..

 

[Bones]

Sounds like you got things under control - Let us know how temps are after the work is done.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

Sure...see the temps..and fan curves...asus motherboard monitor utility..

 

[John Naylor]

Ya really can't make generalizations by adding a fan to 1 cooler and concluding that it will do this of that .... so much depends on so many factors (rpm, design, distance, between fins, etc). For example, adding a fan won't mean beans if ya can't get the heat out of the case. Push / pull can add from 10 - 30% to air flow. It also increases SP but that rarely matters with today's rad and heat sink designs.

 

[Vario]

Ya really can't make generalizations by adding a fan to 1 cooler and concluding that it will do this of that .... so much depends on so many factors (rpm, design, distance, between fins, etc). For example, adding a fan won't mean beans if ya can't get the heat out of the case. Push / pull can add from 10 - 30% to air flow. It also increases SP but that rarely matters with today's rad and heat sink designs.

True, everything is trial and error because all hardware and cases combinations have different results. Part of the fun of PC building is trying different combinations to see what works. I built a couple boxes for some friends with 212s and the heatsink itself is pretty good, some of them had really stellar temperature actually, but didn't notice much difference at all from adding second Coolermaster blademaster fans, I think a better fan would have been a better purchase instead of the two cheap 212 fans and in most of these cases the rear heatsink fan was an inch from the rear case exhaust, it would have made more sense to make a duct.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

i have installed a 5.25 inch hdd cooler without a hdd as an intake fan....it is inline with the cpu cooler behind it..

 

[FreedomEclipse]

i have installed a 5.25 inch hdd cooler without a hdd as an intake fan....it is inline with the cpu cooler behind it..

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Total waste of time and wont do anything else but make a lot more noise and push dust into your case.

What you want to do is toss that optical drive and throw in one of these Lian Li BZ-502B. These things used to be a lot more popular and cheaper but as cases got better with airflow as time went by and companies stopped making them. Akasa, Antec, Coolermaster, Scythe as well as a few others used to make them about 5-8years ago...

If you really need an optical drive then buy an external one form Amazon or ebay. They honestly dont cost that much anymore. I can get a nice looking Samsung one for £20.

I have a LiteOn ETAU108-02 that i bought back in 2011 that used to see a fair amount of use with laptops and my PC in the early days but its been collecting dust on the shelf when most games or software i buy is a digital download and even things like an OS can now be installed off a USB stick....

also... upgrade your case fans to something for the Noctua Redux line. or have one Redux at the back and a Corsair ML for the front

 

[Jose Jeswin]

I use the optical drive a lot...so leaving it as is for the time being...sadly that lian li case fan does not show any options for shipping to india...nice one though...will keep looking if one is available..

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Heres a cheaper and alternative option....

I used one of these with my Corsair H80i in a Fractal Define XL case back in the day All you need to do is buy a dust filter and youre good to go. It might not be the prettiest option but it is a lot cheaper than the Lian Li

 

[Gorstak]

I wouldn't buy the 2nd fan, and instead use the case exaust fan

@Jose Jeswin I made a custom case just like the one on your picture, made the hole myself and put a fan exactly like on your picture. The case had a handle for carrying above it's whole topside. Think I exhanged that case with 1800 XP barton and Leadtek K7NCR18D PRO2 inside that could go to 2ghz for a 22" Flat Phillips CRT. Dude came all the way from Croatia capitol to my town to make the exchange. It wasn't a profitable trade for me, but I got a very decent screen at the time to complete my new Q6600 rig. Was using a 17" CRT until then. That was back in 2006 or 7. My mobo was the top mobo for barton, but most people were buying Epox 8RDA+ at the time, and IMHO, mine was better. Still remember the lively arguments on usenet about it. hr.comp.hardver I think.

 

[Jose Jeswin]

That's nice gorstak...