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I'd like extra cooling inside my case but there's no designated places to mount fans, is there any way to mount some 80mm fans without drilling holes?
Mounting fans
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In short, No.
To add more fans than a case allows, means modification is required, due to the design of many fans, you need to have a both the room for intake and for exhaust throughflow. In short, if either the front or back are obstructed (by a case pannel for example) it simply wont work.
The exception being those exhaust blower types that ehaust heat from your GPU card area out of a spare PCI slot.
Best thing to do is post some pics of your case from inside, front, front with is facia off (if applicable), back and top and maybe someone can suggest the best place for some improved cooling.
Are you using the largest fan sizes that your case supports?
Nice suggestions guys, bit he said cooling, not airflow.
Cable tie mounted fans and spot coolers only re-circulate the air thats already in the case and won't really cool anything, just blast warm air around.
Think of summer, you possition your fan near a window don't you?
Same priniple.
A fan in a closed room just causes warm wind (a-hem, not like the warm wind you get on curry night I might add
)
To get cooler air into the case, and warm air out, he'll need to get his drill out.
Cable tie mounted fans and spot coolers only re-circulate the air thats already in the case and won't really cool anything, just blast warm air around.
Think of summer, you possition your fan near a window don't you?
Same priniple.
A fan in a closed room just causes warm wind (a-hem, not like the warm wind you get on curry night I might add
)To get cooler air into the case, and warm air out, he'll need to get his drill out.
