Background
Am running my Mirage with 3 case fans....1200rpm scythe fans - front intake to cool both hard drives, rear out take for cpu, side intake to cool gpu. The 2 intake fans make the most noise as nearest to me (especially on the sidepanel over turbulence caused by proximity to grille on panel), so both of these are controlled by the motherboard and run most the time around 900rpm. The rear fan runs on full speed (1200rpm), as does the cpu fan (1200rpm also) which is also a Scythe fan which came with my Ninja Rev B heatsink. All very quiet and quiet happy but think I could do better with cooling.
Question
I am thinking of adding a Scythe Kama bay cooler (like a CM 4in3 module) to the front of my Mirage so it will pull in cold air, aim directly at the fan on my scythe ninja, and then exhaust out the back by another 120mm fan. Sort of an air tunnel effect.
http://www.modthebox.com/review458_1.shtml
The fan which comes with the Kama is an 800rpm job and is dead quiet and pushes a reasonable amount of air. The front panel on the Mirage is a small bit restrictive (even though it is vented). Not a problem for the intake for the hard drives as it can also pull the air from a hole at the bottom of the front bezel. May be a problem further up but I am thinking it will still improve matters as the cold air which gets to the cpu now has already passed over 2 hard drives.
Am running my Mirage with 3 case fans....1200rpm scythe fans - front intake to cool both hard drives, rear out take for cpu, side intake to cool gpu. The 2 intake fans make the most noise as nearest to me (especially on the sidepanel over turbulence caused by proximity to grille on panel), so both of these are controlled by the motherboard and run most the time around 900rpm. The rear fan runs on full speed (1200rpm), as does the cpu fan (1200rpm also) which is also a Scythe fan which came with my Ninja Rev B heatsink. All very quiet and quiet happy but think I could do better with cooling.
Question
I am thinking of adding a Scythe Kama bay cooler (like a CM 4in3 module) to the front of my Mirage so it will pull in cold air, aim directly at the fan on my scythe ninja, and then exhaust out the back by another 120mm fan. Sort of an air tunnel effect.
http://www.modthebox.com/review458_1.shtml
The fan which comes with the Kama is an 800rpm job and is dead quiet and pushes a reasonable amount of air. The front panel on the Mirage is a small bit restrictive (even though it is vented). Not a problem for the intake for the hard drives as it can also pull the air from a hole at the bottom of the front bezel. May be a problem further up but I am thinking it will still improve matters as the cold air which gets to the cpu now has already passed over 2 hard drives.