Centurion 532 case mod

Post by **FZ1** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:26 pm

I felt like I needed more airflow in the case when running it hard so I was looking at a way to mount a second intake or exhaust fan. Low and behold, I was able to easily mount a 120mm fan behind the front bezel screen in front of the 3 lower 5.25" bays that I wasn't using. I mounted it using some double-sided sticky "gel" tape (It came with my cable wrap kit) which also doubled as a noise dampener. I'll try to post some pics tonight but it had to be one of the easiest mods ever. I modded my chipset fan and a few other things at the same time so I can't really gauge the difference in temps but it is definitely cooler.

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:27 pm

That's the awesome thing about the Centurion cases. Those mesh font panel bay covers are SWEEEEEET! I almost got the Centurion just so I could do that exact mod! Nice work; but you already know....

...WE NEED PICS!!!!

Post by **FZ1** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:20 pm

Sorry, the second one is kinda fuzzy.

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:34 pm

I don't see any pics. where are they?

Post by **FZ1** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:35 pm

You can't see them?

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:58 pm

I can see the pics.

that's pretty clever how you got it to fit between the frame of the case and the mesh bay covers! NICE JOB!
But if you could remove those two metal bay covers and mount the fan inside with zip ties or string or something you would get much better airflow.

Post by **FZ1** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:24 pm

Yeah, I thought of that. I have been doing some gaming so I haven't messed with it much

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:59 pm

Vstrom wrote:Yeah, I thought of that. I have been doing some gaming so I haven't messed with it much

That's the best excuse thus far!!!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:16 pm

finally I can see the pics. it was my zonealarm blocking them. solved with a fine adjustment

nice job BTW. I was also thinking of doing the same. you can never have enough cooling

Post by **FZ1** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:22 pm

Today I took out the metal plates and mounted the fan with zip ties. Looks much better.

One thing I did notice

I coulnd't figure out why my mobo temps were so high (approaching 50c). Well, I found out that the exhaust fan I had purchased with a UV light ring on it was blowing IN not OUT

That's they way they sent it and I never checked the direction of flow. DOH. Things are better now.

Bite-Me-2 · Post by **Bite-Me-2** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:50 am

You should have done that mod like Bio-Hazard did in his thread............

It looks alot more professional...................

http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopi ... c&start=60

Post by **FZ1** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:46 am

With the front bezel on you can't see it anyway...