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aniemma

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June 8th, 2004 23:00

Q? RE:Adding fans

​I have a Dell 8300 with two SATA hard drives raided 0. Also, I have two optical drives. ​

​My question is...is it possible to add extra fans on the side of the 3.5" bays? I mean to place them where there is a gap between the mobo and the 3.5" bays. If I do, how effective will they be? ​

​The next thing I have thought of doing is placing a fan on the lower front where it looks like there is a intake. If it is not a intake, I intend to drill through the plastic to make it a intake. ​

​The purpose for my wanting to bring in more air is that I intend to add two more hard drives. One serial, western Digital 36gb Raptor, and one 200gb, Seagate. With all this extra storage comes extra heat and I need to accommodate accordingly. ​

​Last thing, is that I was wondering if there are any 3.5" fan coolers that would attached to the front where the bezel would be? If I remove it, it would expose the hard drive and I would rather place a cooling device there instead of doing the latter.​

​Please help me out as I have the drives coming on the way.​

​Thanks!​

Whats on my des

25 Posts

June 8th, 2004 23:00

You might consider adding an exhaust fan.  Blower fans are great, but in a relatively closed case such as these Dells (not alot of in/out vents), the heat just gets moved from one area to the rest of the case.

ycad

28 Posts

June 9th, 2004 00:00

this may help you it did me. first I opened up my case and tied all the loose cables out of the way in such a way to leave as much room around the ram as possible. then I took out the cover plate @ the 3-1/2" drive bay right above the hard drive. then I took off all the pci covers that were blocking air to the bottom of the case @ the back. Made  quite a difference in the noise level and really pulls cool air thru that floppy drive plate I removed. still when I run a benchmark the fan speeds up...but not that awful roar like it had before. I can live with this... give it a try!!

aniemma

13 Posts

June 9th, 2004 00:00

Whats on my desk....

Where on the back do you think I should place the extra exhaust fan? Looks to me like there is no where to place another fan on the back.

Jake02324

579 Posts

June 11th, 2004 00:00

The correct way would be to get a fan about the size and shape of the present dell fan. Mount it with at least 2 screws , nuts and washers,lock-type on the out side right over the present fan and blowing out as does the dell fan. This will almost double the air flow with the same size. Carefully wier across the dell fans a.c. cord and tape connections. Easy fix and works.

Radio Shack or any similiar parts house will have something.

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