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This is an old mod, but some of you guys may not have heard about it?
Those horrible flat, mesh case grills at the back of the case will make the hot air bounce back and forth between the fan blades and the grill for a while building up the heat. And add quite much noise too. The front fan grilles, will also reduce the airflow thru the case.
You can win 5 - 6 degrees lower temperatures by removing all such grills. And definite notice a lower fan noise in the process.
Just make sure to securely tape a bag of some kind over the fan hole on the inside of the case, before you start to snip or Dremel away. You for obvious reasons don't want any metal shards or such dust in there.
If you want the edges of the holes look better afterwards? Glue some rubber, door and window, "U" shaped insulation strip to them. Just make sure to stretch the rubber strip when glueing enough so it wont get in contact with the fan blades!
Have in mind that if you have any kind of dust filters that needs support from the grill to sit properly? Remember to leave enough of the grill for this. I had to do that in my Antec P180 B case btw.
If you feel that you must have some kind of grill anyway? Get the kind that are made out of rounded wire. They are better than the flat integrated ones anyway.
Those horrible flat, mesh case grills at the back of the case will make the hot air bounce back and forth between the fan blades and the grill for a while building up the heat. And add quite much noise too. The front fan grilles, will also reduce the airflow thru the case.
You can win 5 - 6 degrees lower temperatures by removing all such grills. And definite notice a lower fan noise in the process.
Just make sure to securely tape a bag of some kind over the fan hole on the inside of the case, before you start to snip or Dremel away. You for obvious reasons don't want any metal shards or such dust in there.
If you want the edges of the holes look better afterwards? Glue some rubber, door and window, "U" shaped insulation strip to them. Just make sure to stretch the rubber strip when glueing enough so it wont get in contact with the fan blades!
Have in mind that if you have any kind of dust filters that needs support from the grill to sit properly? Remember to leave enough of the grill for this. I had to do that in my Antec P180 B case btw.
If you feel that you must have some kind of grill anyway? Get the kind that are made out of rounded wire. They are better than the flat integrated ones anyway.
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