A side fan is good?

[Marcelo Delicia]

do i buy side fans or i just put them in the back and front 

[PlayStation 2]

Side fans... ?

[ZetZet]

I think it looks stupid, puts dust on top of your gpu's because there is never a filter there and opening the door is hard.

[Marcelo Delicia]

Side fans... ?

my case has slots to put fans on the side

[iamdarkyoshi]

depends on where. I had an old case that used 80mm fans. it was on the clear side window that they put a place for a side fan and it was over the CPU. I rotated the side window 180 degrees so it was in the bottom right of the side panel and I used a radial fan on it so it moved air to the GPUs

[FatalityDiablo]

definitely helps the gpu out a lot if the cooler is open design, but wat zetzet said is tru

[SirSquid]

I think it looks stupid, puts dust on top of your gpu's because there is never a filter there and opening the door is hard.

Another thing is they are usually louder too. 

[Giraffackle]

Depends if you need it or not. Although I plan to swap cases, my Rosewill Thor V2 has a 230mm fan on the side and it does a really good job of keeping my gpu cool.

[Zayzo]

If you have a really restrictive front of the case it can really help give fresh air to the gpu/cpu.

[nuttysandwich]

It helps with my gpu temps and I never really had a dust problem

[kameshss]

If you have the option, mount it.

[0ld_Chicken]

do it! try both intake and exhaust depending on where exactly the fan lines up.  If it is just below the GPU then let it blow in onto the fans, if it lines up straight with the side of the gpu than I find that exhaust works better since GPU's exhaust their air out the sides of the card and then the fan can pull the heat straight out.  made a (negligible) 3c difference in gpu temps and about 2c in cpu temps for me

 

edit: im assuming you do not have a reference style card?  if that were the case I'd intake it all the way

[classicyellow83]

I've put a fan on the side panel and took it off after one day b/c of dust.