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Centurion 532 case mod
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:26 pm
by FZ1
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:27 pm
by gvblake22
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!!!!
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:20 pm
by FZ1
Sorry, the second one is kinda fuzzy.
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:34 pm
by sbohdan
I don't see any pics. where are they?
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:35 pm
by FZ1
You can't see them?
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:58 pm
by gvblake22
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:24 pm
by FZ1
Yeah, I thought of that. I have been doing some gaming so I haven't messed with it much
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:59 pm
by gvblake22
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!!!
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:16 pm
by sbohdan
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
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:22 pm
by FZ1
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:50 am
by Bite-Me-2
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
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:46 am
by FZ1
With the front bezel on you can't see it anyway...
