CM 200mm Fans

LiquidSnak · 30 Nov 2010

Could you make me a pretty diagram of your airflow?

Then I could tell you if it should or shouldn't be working. Also, did you replace a fan, or just add one?

linnemeyerhere · 30 Nov 2010

I drew a quick diagram of my air flow. Can you help me ?

seekermeister · 30 Nov 2010

sygnus21 said:

Sorry to hear that fan didn't meet your needs. Did you get the 140mm we talked about last week?

I'm still waiting for it to arrive. According to tracking, it is supposed to arrive on 12-2.

seekermeister · 30 Nov 2010

LiquidSnak said:

Could you make me a pretty diagram of your airflow?

Then I could tell you if it should or shouldn't be working. Also, did you replace a fan, or just add one?

Sorry, linnemeyerhere did a better job than I could.

EDIT: The fan is an addition, not a replacement. However, it is the fan offered by the case manufacturer for use on the side panel, on their pre-designed mounting site. I think that I read somewhere on the forum, that someone mounted their fan outside of the case and got better performance, but I'm not interested in that idea.

LiquidSnak · 30 Nov 2010

linnemeyerhere said:

I drew a quick diagram of my air flow. Can you help me ?

looks good to me

But in case that is a serious diagram, you have some airflow issues.

LiquidSnak · 30 Nov 2010

seekermeister said:

LiquidSnak said:

Could you make me a pretty diagram of your airflow?

Then I could tell you if it should or shouldn't be working. Also, did you replace a fan, or just add one?

Sorry, linnemeyerhere did a better job than I could.

lol. is that what your airflow looks like?

I mean like, take a stock photo, then draw fan position and whether they are intake or exhaust, though.

Like so :)

seekermeister · 30 Nov 2010

This photo is probably as good as any I could find. Just imagine all of the hard and optical drive slots filled. All of the PCI/PCIe slots filled and a large HS/Fan atop the CPU, and then imagine the resultant airflow.

LiquidSnak · 30 Nov 2010

Which way is your CPU cooler oriented?

seekermeister · 30 Nov 2010

LiquidSnak said:

Which way is your CPU cooler oriented?

Horizontally, with the fan on the front blowing backwards.

linnemeyerhere · 30 Nov 2010

Sorry for my childish air flow graph, lol. It sounds like the 200mm front mounted fan spinning at 700 rpm is overwhelmed with the hard drives and can't push enough air into the case. I read it can be swapped with a 120 or 140 mm fan. This is where I would start.