need advice on placement of cooling fan

I would have said on the side in the middle, this could be wrong though

The best place is in the front to bring in cool air, but then you should have one in the rear grid to remove the warm air. As you know the cost is very low.
If you are going to put only one in put it in the rear.
Keep them clean of dust (CPU fan also) with a little compressed air, don't hit the fan with the air without holding the blades. Don't let them spin as you clean.

We are talking here about case fans not CPU fans.

I think that there is already a fan in the rear, as most PC's have at least one there. Adding one to the front will add you very little as it will only equal the one in the rear. Add it to the back next to the other(s), creating a negative air space in the pc, and exhausting as much bad air as possible. by the way, add as many fans as you have space(and power) for, to maintain as close to optimal temperature as possible. The goal should be to reduce significant changes in temerature, it will increase componant life.

Thanks you guys! I will place it in the front lower case to draw air in through a grill and filter. There are 2 fans that exhaust. One is a case fan and the other is a 120mm powersupply fan that draws air from the case, through the power supply and out!

sounds good! Thanks again to you all! 🍻

Elkinallen wrote:

Thanks you guys! I will place it in the front lower case to draw air in through a grill and filter. There are 2 fans that exhaust. One is a case fan and the other is a 120mm powersupply fan that draws air from the case, through the power supply and out!

sounds good! Thanks again to you all! 🍻

Another option and a good one is to place them in front of your hardiscs,to keep them cool also,I´ve got 2 fans in the front,and 2 in the back 😀

Fredericia01,
You can buy an exhaust fan that fits over your hard drive, they make special fans for everything. Not too expensive either.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=495&

RadarMan wrote:

Fredericia01,
You can buy an exhaust fan that fits over your hard drive, they make special fans for everything. Not too expensive either.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=495&

I´m aware of that,but it´s all dependent on how crowded the case is,and how the airflow is working,it´s no use putting fans to your hardiscs,if you don´t have a good ingoing airflow 😎

Fredericia01 wrote:

RadarMan wrote:

Fredericia01,
You can buy an exhaust fan that fits over your hard drive, they make special fans for everything. Not too expensive either.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=495&

I´m aware of that,but it´s all dependent on how crowded the case is,and how the airflow is working,it´s no use putting fans to your hardiscs,if you don´t have a good ingoing airflow 😎

Very true, It's a judgment call.

Thanks. I was wondering about doing this. As of now, I positioned the fan where it brings air in through a filter. I made four intake holes in the side of the case so that the fan will draw air in so that it has to pass though, around, the hard drives.

Thanks bud! 😉