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External Case Cooling
I have a Startech Esatcase2 connected to each of my PCs, and the one on the desktop is now getting old enough that the cooling fan is beginning to make noise. Even when new, due to the small size of the fan, it was never very quiet, and is louder than the PC which has many cooling fans.
I'm not certain whether the fan is accessible for replacement or not, because all that I see are only two screws at the bottom rear of the case, but even if those were all that were necessary, a new fan wouldn't be any quieter than originally.
Therefore, I've been considering the possibility of mounting a large fan on the side of the case...if I could find an appropriate cage to put them in. If I did, I'm not sure that the airflow pattern would cover each of the hard drives because the drive on the side the fan was on, would block the other one. I'm hoping that the airflow around the drives would suffice, which seems possible comparing it to that of the little fans that now exist.
Any ideas or opinions would be very helpful. Here is a link to some photos of the cases:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817707092