Cm690 fan placement?

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Scubie67

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I have narrowed my build down to either the cm690 or cm590 case.I see all the mounting points for fans to be used on the 590 as well as the open front rack to allow for very long video cards which I very much like.From the pictures I have seen the Cm690 has only 4 areas to mount fans(1 in front,2 on the side and 1 in rear) .Supposedly it mounts 6 ,where are the other 2 located at?
 
probobly the 3.5 and 5.5 bays, I like the CM 590 case more though, it is like a nicer looking antec 900. Considering all of the work I put into nicely wiring mine though it would stink to have to cut out 2 120mm fan holes.
 
Yeah I think you cable tie an extra fan to front of the 590 so you dant have to buy an extra HDD cage .I would'nt run more than 2 Hds anyways.I wonder if there is advantge to running alot of Hds anyways especially with all the high capacity ones we have today.
 
Scubie67 said:
Yeah I think you cable tie an extra fan to front of the 590 so you dant have to buy an extra HDD cage .I would'nt run more than 2 Hds anyways.I wonder if there is advantge to running alot of Hds anyways especially with all the high capacity ones we have today.
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Different kinds of RAID I suppose, or just extra hard drives lying around.

Anyways, You really don't need that many fans in your computer. I only have 2 120mm case fans and it keeps everything cool.
 
diduknowthat said:
Different kinds of RAID I suppose, or just extra hard drives lying around.

Anyways, You really don't need that many fans in your computer. I only have 2 120mm case fans and it keeps everything cool.
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Hehe your answering all my posts ,thank you. :) I am just learning about building computers have always went to bestbuy or Circuit city for all my computers up till now but found out you get a marked up comp with cheap parts at those places.Do you like your 180 that is in your sig ? Does it really keep your system cool with only 2 fans?From what I have read from the reviews on newegg a lot of people add all these fans I figured you need that for optimum cooling,but less is always better if it works.
 
Scubie67 said:
Hehe your answering all my posts ,thank you. :) I am just learning about building computers have always went to bestbuy or Circuit city for all my computers up till now but found out you get a marked up comp with cheap parts at those places.Do you like your 180 that is in your sig ? Does it really keep your system cool with only 2 fans?From what I have read from the reviews on newegg a lot of people add all these fans I figured you need that for optimum cooling,but less is always better if it works.
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I love my P180. My system stays cool with only 3 fans (2 case fans and 1 PSU fan) because I have giant passive coolers. Look up the Scythe Ninja and the Arctic Cooling Accel1 and you'll know what I mean ;).
 
The p182 (newer revision) is a fantastic case from what I have seen, though I would suggest keeping in the third 120 it includes.
 
Yeah, drill one right though the thing on the side panel that you can't take out..

(really don't do that, DO NOT DO IT!)
 
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