How does this mount? Like the turn to lock on the Intel fans or does it use a back plate?
1659789
yup, back plate really easy to mount. the heatsink screws into the backplate
1659790
Yes, it had a back plate. You can see the plate in the picture if you look closely.
192000
It just uses the bracket slot but it does use a molex connection and unless you're case has a good size gap on the left side, you have to run the power cable across the motherboard to the cable management slot, which bothers me but if you don't care about that then you should be fine. And I don't know if was just mine but mine stopped working after a month and I double checked the connection and even switched out a molex connection to trouble shoot but nothing. I would recommend it cause its an awesome add on but watch out to see if any LEDs burn out.
210836
There are two 80mm fan mounts for the bottom half of the case. They are intended to exhaust air, but you could turn the fans around and draw air in. The fans would point straight at one of the drive bays.
1444209
I wanted to have this push air out of the enclosure, so I simply unscrewed the fans and flipped them over then simply screwed the fans back. It is very simple and works. I use it and I havent had a problem. It actually pulls alot of air through the enclosure that I have my CPU tower in. Keeps it cooler.
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.
1457243
I have a similar 120mm setup mounted to the rear fan slot and it works great but I had to take out the 200mm side fan to close the side panel.
1247749
Sorry, I don't know since I used the case for an Intel MB that has no fan. I have to say, though, that I have several different mini itx cases, and I don't really care for any of them. A different problem with each one.
918891
the top screw mounts for fans are actually offset to the front, so it will be able to clear the motherboard of any heatsinks it has so it can actually do a thick rad with push/pull fans without a problem
1183658
Mine does not quite match the current picture on Amazon, which shows two fan grills with mounting holes. Mine has a single grill without no screw holes. I don't often use discreet video cards on my business computer builds so I have no use for a side fan, but I do appreciate the large fan up front to move in cool air over the hard drives. - The I.T. Guy San Diego
1051155
The case includes a 120mm on the rear. Has additional slots which include 2 on top (140mm or 120mm), 1 120mm on bottom (seperate from power supply), 1 120mm on front and 2 120mm on the side. I purchased 2 140mm (on accident) so I was forced to place them on the top along with the included fan in the rear. I am running an msi z87-gd65 motherboard with an i5 3.2ghz (aftermarket fan on cpu) processor and a MSI GTX 760-OC and have no cooling problems. cpu on average runs at 30°C. Hope this helps! Great case for the money!
1191812
The fan has spring metal arms. The ends of those arms clip onto the locking levers that are part of your motherboard.The same locking levers that lock the memory in place.
1150709
Then maybe I should be more specific. If you take the case cover off the back side of the mother board you should have an access window on the MB mounting plate to the back of the motherboard where the cpu mounts which would make it easy to take off the mounting bracket without having to remove the motherboard. I do believe that bracket will be in the way of unlocking the CPU, I could be wrong, but I just mounted this fan system a few months ago. I understand not wanting to remove the MB. It's a pain.
1117115
Yes, by pulling the rotation pin. It's the same mechanism that most fans use
1632950
I installed 4 120mm fans, one on the bottom just in front of the power supply, one in front behind the front cover of the case (that just pulls off) one in back of the case and one on top of the case. If you have a mid to full size mobo, the top fan will have to be moved over a bit and then secured with just 2 case fan screws as it will not line up properly, mid to full size mobos tend to block the fan from being installed on the pre fit holes.
351611
I don't think it would make a difference. I installed a Noctua 40mm fan in place of the stock (35mm) one that came with the Armor. I just wanted to use the MB backplate and not the plastic MB cover but found that you have to use the plastic cover to mount the metal backplate as the two sandwich the MB. The screws go from the backplate thru holes in the MB and screw into the plastic cover. Link to my build. http://pcpartpicker.com/b/GtB
232639
I have mine with the fans facing up and down. from what I can see if i turned it so the fans were facing front and back it looks like it would indeed block the first ram slot.
1143777
Should not be a problem. The bracket clamps on to the lock levers. The width is the main concern. In my installation I had to omit one of the fans on my aftermarket CPU cooler. No problem if you run liquid or use the Intel CPU fan. Check the wires of the fan very carefully. I had to re-solder one.