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aizen13
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_ 		8. January 2010 @ 08:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Im looking to get a APEVIA Black Aluminum X-MASTER Case. The Front has an air vent that helps exhaust heat from power supply.





I want to be able to put a front led fan in there, mostly for aesthetics. But judging from the internal pics of the case :

[url=http://www.apevia.com/productsInfo.asp?KEY=X-Master-BK/500][/url]


There doesn't look to be any room in there for a fan because of the PSU ??!!

Any ideas?
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fuel_f2f
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_ 		8. January 2010 @ 10:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The spec's state that theres mounting available for 4 fans:
Up to 4 x case fans:
1 x 120mm fan - left side (optional)
1 x 120mm fan - right side (optional)
2 x 80mm uv blue fan - rear (included)

Looking at the pics you don't see screw holes for a fan to cover the whole exhaust area. But they do have some space between the PSU and exhaust according to the pic. So its likely possible to do 2 things.
1) Drill 4 holes out of the case to mount a fan;
2) Install a smaller fan that won't cover the entire exhaust area. You would also see the entire fan which might not look that good, and since you were concerned with aesthetics, you likely won't want that.

But if your only going for looks, just add some lighting and a cool designed fan grate cover and it should look nice.

And if you drill holes for a full sized fan your gonna have 4 screw heads visible on the front of your tower, so if you do that, get black screws to match the case and be less noticeable.
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aizen13
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_ 		8. January 2010 @ 11:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for the input fuel_f2f.

I was thinking since The fan would just be standing on the base maybe I can just get away with using strips of strong M3 double sided tape to hold it. Thats assuming theres enough space in between the psu and the case.
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fuel_f2f
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_ 		8. January 2010 @ 17:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That might work... although I'm not sure if the fans vibrations would cause it to unstick or make noise if its not nice and snug all the time.

I've done much worse things (Zip tied a full ATX PSU to a bracket made for a mATX PSU). So anythings possible ;)
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aizen13
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_ 		8. January 2010 @ 19:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by fuel_f2f:
 That might work... although I'm not sure if the fans vibrations would cause it to unstick or make noise if its not nice and snug all the time.

I've done much worse things (Zip tied a full ATX PSU to a bracket made for a mATX PSU). So anythings possible ;)
lol thats right, anythings possible

cheers
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