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Adding cooling to CM Scout

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dkev

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Take the 140mm front fan out. The front holes on the on the 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapter matches perfectly with the holes on the fan. Screw the fan to the bay adapter and put a 120mm fan where the 140 was. I dropped my case temps by nearly 10f by doing this. I just thought it was a neat little trick. Heads up to K10 over at overclockers.net for this idea.
 
How does installing a 120mm fan instead of a 140mm fan drop temperatures by 10 degrees? Maybe some pictures to explain?
 
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I moved the 140mm fan from behind the hdd cage and installed it in the 5.25 bays. Then added a 120 down below. The 140 is no longer being blocked by anything so it moves more air. It screws directly to the 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapter
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How about two 140's in the front?

This case continues to impress me, probably two 140's in the front, two 120s on the side, another one 140 at the top, and a 120 in the rear.

That's a cool case

Do you still have one or two bays open after installing the fan?
 
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How about two 140's in the front?

This case continues to impress me, probably two 140's in the front, two 120s on the side, another one 140 at the top, and a 120 in the rear.

That's a cool case

Do you still have one or two bays open after installing the fan?
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Yup, but all I had were 120's on hand. So ya, 2 140's is good. I also have 1x120 on the side. Couldn't do 2 on the side though. My hsf is too high. :)
The down side is , the 140 will use up all the open bays except for the top.
 
Thats a pretty good idea for the Scout. Before I try it on my Scout, for the bottom since the 140mm is held only by 2 screws does it vibrate? Those 140mm fans are only about 50CFM at a low 1000rpm so I don't think it would be too bad, but I am asking anyhow.
 
No rattling, 5th optical bay? There are only 4 total. The 140 uses 3 bays.
 
If you were to look at the case with the dust filter cage on, its the 5th opening. It looks like you have to remove that to put it in. Then what?
 
If I understand you correctly that is the bay that holds the 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapter. You screw the fan on to the two front holes on the adapter. The fan will only be mounted by 2 screws unless you use zip ties and connect the top part of the fan to the drive cage.
 
Ok here are a couple clearer pictures. If you look closely you can see the 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapter behind the fan. That's what the fan screws to.
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Where are the screws located, where you installed it? How much more airflow do you get from this mod? Thanks for the pictures dkev
 
The screws are in the back. I screwed the fan in from behind. As far as air flow, it helped it big time because now I don't have a hdd cage blocking it. My case temp runs about 27c or 5c over ambient. So it definitely improved temps.
 
Last question, The 120s are screwed in with 4 screws? The 140 fan doesn't rattle with 2 screws? Btw do you know how you can control the fan speeds?
 
The only fan that I have that is using 2 screws is the front 140. All of my other fans are using 4. As far as speed control, both my fan for the heatsink and my side panel fan are controlled by the motherboard. The other 4 case fans are running at full speed. They are so quiet, frankly, I see no need to control their speed. And no, the 140 does not rattle with just 2 screws. As long as you make sure the screws are tight, it will be fine.
 
Ok, So I opened up the scout and where you installed the fan makes it stay inside, but my 3.5 bay is like out. How did you move that bottom part in so the fan doesnt stick out? Yours looks like the 3.5 bay is in and mine is out like the other bays on top of it.
 
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elo408 said:
Ok, So I opened up the scout and where you installed the fan makes it stay inside, but my 3.5 bay is like out. How did you move that bottom part in so the fan doesnt stick out? Yours looks like the 3.5 bay is in and mine is out like the other bays on top of it.
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If you unlock the bay from the side, like you do with your 5.25 bay, it will actually slide in further and then you can lock it down again.
 
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