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Case Fan Fiasco
At the last LAN Party I went to my computer was over heating. My buddy suggested I should turn one fan around to make it more effichant. Then add more fans, I agreed. And hey the pimp 120mm ones are only $12 right?. (1) more for the side (1) for the top, that should cool more than sufisinaltly.
Fast forward to last week. Started looking at fans more seriosuly. Choose the $12.05 "Enermax Adjustable Speed 120mm Cooling fan", Max Air Flow:(CFM): 63.05~94.92, Noise(dBA): 24.60~30.10. Thinking hey thats not bad. But if I'm going to get new fan's i need grills, cause my case should look pimp. The only grills in 120mm are kinda basic but still look cooler than the stock "normal" ones. Slap a $6.50 charge for each of them. wow. we are getting up there.
Fast forward again to today. Fedex dropped them off! WO! Plugged one in just to see how it compars to the 80mm's in the side of the case now and damn the FLOW IS SO much BETTER! I was hungry so I drove down to Jack-in-the-box for a panitto, figured as long as I was out drop by the hardware store to pick up a 4.5 inch hole cutter. ACE hardware wanted $40! Damn, all i want to do is cut a hole in some 16 gauge steel and 1/8th inch pexiglass. Drove on down to Home Depot across town. Started looking around, the only thing they had was a $25 round part + a $12 center peace. Farg. Well, thats $3 cheeper than ACE.
Grand total after shipping and taxes ~$85. For two 120mm fans, to go in the side of my Computer Case. I am a nerd and dumb.
/rant
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