Lack of a side panel fan...

deathwalker666

deathwalker666

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Hi guys.

Just set up my system in its brand new Gigabyte Aurora case. Firstly, I have to say, its a great looking case. Bloody big, but great. Installation was easy and the huge space inside is also more than welcome.

The only slight concern about it, although Im probably just being picky, is the lack of a side fan. Before when I was using my last case (An I-Cute or something), the side panel had two fans on it, which blew onto my passively cooled northbridge keeping it at an idle temp of about 32C. Since moving the system into the Aurora, the northbridge temp has risen to about 37C when idle. I know this temperature isnt anything to worry about, and idle temps arent whats important (My load temps never go beyond 50 btw), but I was just wondering what the best way is to get air blowing directly onto my northbridge cooler. My CPU is idle at about 34C so theres no trouble there

I saw the Zalman bracket which mounts a fan inside the case. Would this help? Or would it mess with the wind tunnel that the case produces with its 3 current fans? Know Im being fussy, but I guess theres no harm in making it as cool as possible.

Hope someone can advise me :)

PS: My mobo is an a8n-sli deluxe
 
If it is stable then do not worry about it.

Nothing wrong with that temperature, stability is what you are after and a side fan is NOT needed in the design of the motherboard.

I would save your money really, the case you have now is much better than your old one. :)
 
that zalman fan bracket is useless. unless im trying to install it incorrectly, it takes up like 3 of your pci slots not to mention is useless as then the fan doesnt even fit anywhere near where you want it to, although in my tt soprano case which has barely anything in it with a side fan, tt big typhoon and the case cooling my x2 4400 idles at room temperature, if its cold 22 degrees if its warm 27 degrees, whereas in my praetorian which is fully jam packed with all sorts of gadgets and hardware my x2 4800 idles at 36 degrees both are cooled by big typhoons, so the side case fan makes a lot of difference if your wanting to overclock or not, the praetorian does have a blow hole but its useless without another fan blowing air into it, but the case has poor airflow because of how much stuff is in it plus everything in it creates heat
 
the zalman fan bracket was designed for the original flower cpu coolers where it was not possible to bolt a fan to the actual h/s.

it does not take up pci slots, it is designed to be screwed into the mounting on top of any cards you already have, then fans can be attached either over the cpu (using the part at the top) or over the expansion cards using the gaps in the curve.

the bracket is to aid circulation within the case, (which it does fine in my older system with limited airflow) but the best cooling still comes from input/output fans.
 
Steeps said:
it does not take up pci slots, it is designed to be screwed into the mounting on top of any cards you already have.
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right now i know where i have been going wrong, but the fan hangs off it and underneath there is usually a card or a cpu heatsink in tthe way so it doesnt fit, its utterly useless in my situation then
 
Psycho Sonny said:
right now i know where i have been going wrong, but the fan hangs off it and underneath there is usually a card or a cpu heatsink in tthe way so it doesnt fit, its utterly useless in my situation then
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You could put the fan on top of the bracket instead so it doesnt obstruct the heatsink or card
 
Mikey1280 said:
You could put the fan on top of the bracket instead so it doesnt obstruct the heatsink or card
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then my side panel wont fit onto the case its a no win situation believe me ive tried every way - it would only be useful in an extremely large sase minimum stacker size
 
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