i am thinking of adding 1 or 2 side fans to cool my SLI setup. any recommendations for filters to mount with the fans (internal or external filters)?
555812
Just use magnetic fan filters externally. You can find the here on amazon or athe Tiger Direct. That way you can just slide them of to clean when necessary
2048193
Comes with 2 fans. 1 front intake and 1 rear exhaust. No fan filters witch is a problem and the roof mounted exhaust fans cannot be removed once the system is built. If you need to replace a fan you'll have to take your system apart. I had to ditch this case after a month, I was a newb and really had no idea what was out there. Look at Corsair, Fractal, CoolerMaster any one would be much better.
1313111
I think they are 40MM fans, but in my case, I just unplugged the fans from the board, since I am running all SSD in this unit. But the plugs on the fans seem to be the typical 2-pin type. I agree, a bit noisy, would be nice if they were thermally controlled.
2184159
Yeah - I had several higher end graphics cards in it - it is somewhat snug, you'll have to manage your cables well, but I was able to get an SLI config using this case. I would suggest eventually investing in a water block setup, because the airflow is the only issue with big cards like that in this case. Unless you plan on dumping a lot of money into all of the fan slots.
1085442
Yes but these fans should be used as exhaust anyway (since heat rises), so a filter really isn't necessary. That is unless you have a really super dusty environment.I pull my front filter off about once a week and blow it out with a can of compressed air. It's usually a little dusty but never that bad.But you could put one on top if you wanted.
825620
yes you can, but for the love of all things holy please don't. Find a brand name cooler with great reviews if you need an external fan support. My first stop would be to check if the fans are as clean as possible.
585529
Yeah, but an after market heatsink is recommended. I bought the Cooler Master Seidon 120v for it.
1464564
It would have similar effect inside the case like my 7950 because it would also blow the heat back into the case. My case has the proper airflow to handle it, but I did not want that again and wanted to see how the EVGA reference cooler performed with all this power which is very impressive to me just like most of the web reviews said to be. If I really wanted to cool a hot video card to overclock it to its limits, I might as well go with a water cooling solution. And besides, if I go SLI with 2 of them it is ideal to use the blower type cooler anyway.
1337269
It depends on your setup, stock you can add 3, two on the side panel and one on the bottom. I use a water cooled system so I use the rear 140 mm and turned the two led 120's to draw from the front. I have the H100i mounted in the top so up there I have two 120mm fans. The case is huge so you should have no problem keeping it cool with the stock setup.
95407
No, there are not. I installed two mini 40mm fans though by drilling my own holes. If I could do it over again I would go with 45mm fans, 50mm in a little too big, I measured. You will have a very difficult time getting any fans in there without swapping the power supply with a pico-psu.
642969
Hi,the cooler fits but you can not be used for SLI anymore. Best regards,Jens
688521
Pretty much any fan controller that is front/5.25 mountable should be fine but i don't have a controller in mine, i just let the motherboard handle the system fans, and my Corsair H80i has its own internal controller. Something like this would be fine: http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-Multi-Function-Controller-Cooling-FPX-003/dp/B00DPA0QRE/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1410879310&sr=1-2&keywords=fan+controller
95405
no and yes. is there a built in mounting point for a fan? no. But i did add one using a scythe slim slipstream (i think it was 10mm thick) and mounted it in the indention in the mesh on the top cover. I drilled 4 holes in the mesh and mounted the fan to that. But i did that using a passively cooled embedded Asus AMD setup so i had room. If you get a cooler running chip and a nice Low profile cooler you should be good without one.
925512
It is for the third fan. It removes completely. If you remove the screen filter from the bottom, you will notice that it is longer than just two fans, it would appear to be filtering air passing through solid plastic. It is not. There are two 120mm fans that are optional as well as two 80mm exhaust fans for the rear, again optional. I have built several of these HTPC cases and unless you max out your hard drives like I did, you won't need the optional fans. the optional fans are not really needed, but this positive air pressure thing that Silverstone's brochure talks about had me interested seeing the dust bowl scenario I found using the Antec 900 Gaming Enclosure. There was so much dust/dirt inside. Wanted to make sure it worked. It really, really works. Louder than I wanted, but I am more concerned about excessive heat w 5 x 2TB hard drives & 4 x1TB . I hope this answers your question.
980755
I have two of them using SLI, I have never had a problem of overheating or any noise at all from either of them. I highly recommend this card for the money.
1871071
I modded the top of the case just above the CPU and installed an h100i. I cut out two holes for the fans to exhaust and screwed two 120mm fan filters on the top of the case so that it looks clean. My temps dropped hugely with the extra exhaust and the h100i fits perfectly. I wish they had an option for a top exhaust in the first place but my mod turned out great. I wouldn't recommend if you place a receiver or something on top of the case. My rack has shelves so it works perfect.
1562077
rig it lol. I have one rigged to the front at the bottom, I bent the metal corners of the black metal screen to hold it.No actual fan slot afaik.I would do intake from the bottom, just use something to screen dust.