P183 HDD cage fan also in P180 Mini?

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BlackWhizz
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P183 HDD cage fan also in P180 Mini?

Post by BlackWhizz » Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:36 am

Hello,

I was planning a upgrade of my system (Graphics) with 2 cards. I know my system is a matx system, and my motherboard doesnt have 2 PCIe slots. But im working on that. Im thinking of running 2 midrange cards passive with a fan close to them. But i also want it to be good looking because i have a window in my P180 Mini.

That way i thought about getting a P183 HDD cage where you can mount the fan close to the GPU's. Its much better for the airflow and it will possibl lower the temps.

So what do you think. And if your a P183 user. Do you want to make a picture of the fan clips? Maybe some dimensions? I think it would lower the temps bigtime.

Or i grab some 5750's and mount Accelero's on them.

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Re: P183 HDD cage fan also in P180 Mini?

Post by danimal » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:51 am

there may not be enough room between the video cards and the hdd cage to mount a fan.

check out the scythe kama stay, it allows you to mount fans in all kinds of places.

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Re: P183 HDD cage fan also in P180 Mini?

Post by BlackWhizz » Sat Nov 20, 2010 2:33 pm

I think it may fit. Because in the current situation it fits pretty darn good. There is about 2mm space between the fan and the accelero.

But i dont have a mount for the fan so i need to have something i can remake.

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