My dad picked me up an Ultra Aluminus Case the other day at Fry's for $69 with a $60 MIR, for a grand total of $9.... I'll be heading into Houston over the thanksgiving holiday and picking it up, to rebuild my system with the new ASRock mobo and my Opteron 170.
It has 120mm fan mounts, as well as a "vga vent" and CPU air duct on the side...
I also have a 3.5" floppy bay exhaust fan that I can use in the case as well.
Since I have 4 hard drives, any air that is brought in through the front of the case ends up being warmed up a lot before it hits the components anyway.
So, my question is - with the side vents as intake (without fans), can all fans in the system be set to exhaust, thus pulling air in through the side, immediately across the CPU and Video card? Would this be viable?
It has 120mm fan mounts, as well as a "vga vent" and CPU air duct on the side...
I also have a 3.5" floppy bay exhaust fan that I can use in the case as well.
Since I have 4 hard drives, any air that is brought in through the front of the case ends up being warmed up a lot before it hits the components anyway.
So, my question is - with the side vents as intake (without fans), can all fans in the system be set to exhaust, thus pulling air in through the side, immediately across the CPU and Video card? Would this be viable?