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Ghot said:

That pic was taken, right after a major cleaning.
I bought that case in 2008 or 2009. Now, in 2024, it's only gonna get so clean.
Some of the dirt is... baked in by now.



And yes, the bottom fan is doing something.
I did smoke tests when I was setting up the fans, 15 years ago.
Below, is pretty much how the air flows in my case...


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NOTE: The large front intake and the two large top exhausts are 230mm fans (110 cfm each).
All the rest are 120mm fans. Somewhere around 70-80 cfm each.

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ahhh gotcha that makes sense then! Its pretty cool that you've been able to keep using the same case through different builds!

Opened up my new build to finish the hardware work today and took some photos with my phone. All shot with the side mesh panel off. Last is with the optional side fan bracket (with 140mm Noctua) which I am using to blow some cool air in onto the memory. Only one exhaust fan. I leave the rest up to positive pressure and the mesh.

The three memory fans are just cable tied together and kept into position with cable ties. The speed of those three and the side fan are controlled by a temperature probe (Asus t-probe) whose thermonuclear I have stuck into one of the memory DIMM.

I may put in a 180mm fan up top for the ram and remove the side fan and maybe get glass side instead of mesh if Fractal Design ever offers that as a parts option and if it runs cool enough.