Installing side fans and hiding the wire in gaming case

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Is their something I can use to hide wire or to stick to the corners on my case? I need this more for the side fans when opening the side of the case. I don't want wire hanging loosely when I open it.
 
Duct tape, sellotape, parceltape, blu-tack, sticky back velcro etc :)

Get a couple of extensions, or a splitter and one extension to give a little more room to maneuver.
 
No probs fella :)

Neither of those will get hot enough to be a problem unless you stick them directly to a very badly chosen, heat producing spot in your rig :)

Btw, with your TF3 I'd suggest using those fans as exhaust.
Try both ways and let us know your results. Check VRM as well as gpu temps in GPU-Z.
If you're not oc'ing much, you'll be fine either way.

What case is it?
 
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No probs fella :)

Neither of those will get hot enough to be a problem unless you stick them directly to a very badly chosen, heat producing spot in your rig :)

Btw, with your TF3 I'd suggest using those fans as exhaust.
Try both ways and let us know your results. Check VRM as well as gpu temps in GPU-Z.
If you're not oc'ing much, you'll be fine either way.

What case is it?
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I just bought a CM Strom Scout 2. So your saying I should use my side fans outflow instead of Intake? I thought side fans should be intake only. I guess they can go either way really. That's what Cooler Master said on their web site. I will oc the msi 7950 tf3 for sure:)
 
With a reference cooler firing all the hot air out of the rear of the case, I'd agree with that as you're really just helping to feed the gpu fan with fresher air.
With a non-reference cooler like yours that puts 90% of the hot air into the case, things change.

Based on multiple tests with an aftermarket cooler that works on the same principle, I found that side intakes did nothing but raise gpu temps. Exhausts made a very noticeable, positive difference (more so for vrm temps and to a slightly lesser extent the gpu core).

With your case though, because the side vents are placed very low down in the case (judging by the pics), I'm not too sure how effective it'd be as they look like they don't go much higher than the PSU...

Guess you're gonna have to see what works in your situation :)
 
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Here's my setup. Front bay 120mm, top 140mm and gpu 2x92mm aren't really visible in this pic.

If I flipped the side fans to intake, I'd gain at least 4°C on the core and at least 13°C on the VRMs.
The principle is the same as a non-ref cooler as hot air just goes into the case (was the same with the stock sapphire cooler).
Positioning is different to your case though, so ymmv.

It's not just about how much air you pump in, it's how you direct it that really counts unless you become a master of the positive pressure setup ;)

There are a lot of variables, so you're gonna have to experiment - Especially when you start getting decent clocks on that card.

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I guess I'll stick with what CM said regarding this case. Front, Bottom, and side are intake and back and top outflow. Also where's your ram? I don't see it?

OMG look at your cooler size:eek: THAT'S HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!:D
 
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When you oc the card past 1100mhz, try intake/exhaust and see what the readings say.
The ram's in the usual place lol :D

That lovely hunk of metal always looks bigger in photos for some reason. Good :)
 
Well since your here maybe you can help me again.

Do you know where I can get really thin 120mm that are LED? I can't seem to find any?
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