Adding another fan to my AIO

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

So i have a Corsair H60 AIO cooler, it only came with one fan, however I have a few spares, and having very very limited space in my case I was going to be unable to keep my two top fans and single rear fan (which all are a tight fit to begin with) so I opted to mount the cooler in the front. After a night of thinking and planning of how to get the rad and the fan in there I decided to remove the front panel and mount the fan between the case and front panel, and the rad inside the case.

 

Recently I have been looking and with my SSD mounted directly to the floor of the case, I have the option to remove the hard drive cage and mount a second fan on the rear of the cooler.

Is this going to actually give me any cooler temps or would I just be wasting my time and effort to mod the case for single fan? Obviously the fans would be set in a push/pull config (either blowing air through the rad out of the case or pulling air in through the rad into the case, likely the first)

[Jamdog]

It may make a small difference, but really it will only affect by a few degrees. If you're happy with your current temps then you should probably just leave it alone - though a bit of modding could quite fun if you have the time.

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

It may make a small difference, but really it will only affect by a few degrees. If you're happy with your current temps then you should probably just leave it alone - though a bit of modding could quite fun if you have the time.

Nodding is the easy part, if it's only going to give me a few degrees then I'll leave it.

[p3acefrog]

Which case do you have

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

Which case do you have

Thermaltake v3 black, I will not be getting a dual 12mm rad in there nor will I be able to relocate the rad to anywhere else.

[tomas710]

So i have a Corsair H60 AIO cooler, it only came with one fan, however I have a few spares, and having very very limited space in my case I was going to be unable to keep my two top fans and single rear fan (which all are a tight fit to begin with) so I opted to mount the cooler in the front. After a night of thinking and planning of how to get the rad and the fan in there I decided to remove the front panel and mount the fan between the case and front panel, and the rad inside the case.

 

Recently I have been looking and with my SSD mounted directly to the floor of the case, I have the option to remove the hard drive cage and mount a second fan on the rear of the cooler.

Is this going to actually give me any cooler temps or would I just be wasting my time and effort to mod the case for single fan? Obviously the fans would be set in a push/pull config (either blowing air through the rad out of the case or pulling air in through the rad into the case, likely the first)

For single rads it can actually make a pretty decent improvement, specially if you are overclocking, depends what fan you add tho, a stock fan that came with your case wouldn't do much, either a high SP one or a high airflow one since you already have static pressure from the corsair included fan.

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

For single rads it can actually make a pretty decent improvement, specially if you are overclocking, depends what fan you add tho, a stock fan that came with your case wouldn't do much, either a high SP one or a high airflow one since you already have static pressure from the corsair included fan.

The stock fans that come with this case are actually pretty good fans, thermaltake uses good fans. I also have a few fans otherwise around too

[p3acefrog]

Thermaltake v3 black, I will not be getting a dual 12mm rad in there nor will I be able to relocate the rad to anywhere else.

You can make it fit! 

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

Yea I'm gonna pass on that, I have no desire to hack up the top of my case.

[p3acefrog]

Yea I'm gonna pass on that, I have no desire to hack up the top of my case.

Then you wont make it fit =(

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

I already have the rad and fan mounted in my case, I have a 120mm rad not a 240. @p3acefrog