Antec 300 Modding question.

metamorphpwner · 20 Sep 2008 at 15:19

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showphoto.php?src=/pimg/CA-101-AN_400.jpg&name=Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case

as you can see the antec 300 has lots of plain space on the top and side panel.

is there anything behind that space preventing me cutting though it to add fans?

indyskyz · 20 Sep 2008 at 20:52

Google antec 300 review
you get some nice inside shots of the case in most cases?? o_O

metamorphpwner · 21 Sep 2008 at 10:45

indyskyz said:
dude i have to highlight that blue text to read it whats up with that

Google antec 300 review
you get some nice inside shots of the case in most cases?? o_O

Sorry, changed the could now, thanks i'll look around google.

With side on
http://www.gamingshogun.com/ImageRepo/R/300_front_top_q1.jpg

Without side on
http://www.gamingshogun.com/ImageRepo/R/self21.jpg

Looks like there should be room for about 3 extra fans in that side panel, maybe 1 in the top panel

fobose · 21 Sep 2008 at 11:22

Surely 5 fans is enough with that case?!

metamorphpwner · 21 Sep 2008 at 11:45

fobose said:
Surely 5 fans is enough with that case?!

you would think so, but i want maximum cooling in there. the more cold air going in and hot air coming out, the cooler my CPU and GPU will go

Kearney_1988 · 21 Sep 2008 at 12:10

i would think you could mess up the cooling if you start hacking holes in it, dont forget airflow is important

Tetras · 21 Sep 2008 at 12:41

you would think so, but i want maximum cooling in there. the more cold air going in and hot air coming out, the cooler my CPU and GPU will go

It doesn't work like that, you reach a point where you are messing up airflow through the chassis (diminishing returns and all that).

The 300 is already excellent! If you want a larger fan in the top just buy the 900.

indyskyz · 21 Sep 2008 at 12:45

Need more fans aaahhh

metamorphpwner · 21 Sep 2008 at 12:50

indyskyz said:
Need more fans aaahhh

That's exactly like i was thinking

indyskyz · 21 Sep 2008 at 14:12

you could possibly cut a large window and keep the fan on the gfx card and add another for the cpu

or just scrap the window and add an extra fan over the cpu
personally i wouldn't add more fans than it already has if you want more cfm get 4 delta 4k rpm 190cfm fans

don't think you would have any problems with cooling tbh you would need a fan controller though hahahah
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-003-DE

EdGey · 21 Sep 2008 at 14:48

get a window and scrap both the side fans

a small mod i did was drill some holes in the front as shown and use zip ties to shove an 80mm fan in the 5.25 bays. this is assuming you will only be using 1 optical drive and have no fan controller etc. it blows cool air directly to your cpu cooler.

but really it has enough cooling as it is. i got my sig using this case.

Blackhawk47 · 21 Sep 2008 at 15:24

i think you would ruin the case by adding more fans and i doubt you will gain much as it already has a good number of fans. i dont even use the side fan slot so i switched the side panels over. some 120mm fans and a fan controller is good enough in my opinion.