marcnaz

Gday,
 
Just thought i'd share what i ended up doing.
 
Worked out pretty good. Easily dropped max. gpu temp. by a good 10-15C (especially the top one - now both cards are within 3C of each other at 100% load). And case is 20C cooler than my old 650d.
 
With the fan on the side don't really need any lighting IMO.
 

hey thanks Tt leo for checking.
 
guess i'll have to try something like this
 

 
or

 
 
i found these guys that had pretty good results.
 
hope it doesn't lose resale value.

Hey guys
 
Im going to be buying a v71 one of these days and I wanted to know if anyones put in a fan on the side panel (as exhaust) since I currently have crossfire windforce gpus.

Would a a71 side panel fit on a v71??
 
thanks

Gday,
 
Just thought i'd share what i ended up doing.
 
Worked out pretty good. Easily dropped max. gpu temp. by a good 10-15C (especially the top one - now both cards are within 3C of each other at 100% load). And case is 20C cooler than my old 650d.
 
With the fan on the side don't really need any lighting IMO.
 

In regards to the side exhaust fan i reckon it mainly keeps the case cooler. Its the two 140mm front intake fans for the gpus that really improved things.
Although i'm sure the 200 does help a bit (ie: cooler case = cooler everything inside)
  Also the top rad is set to intake - so the 200 helps there also.   Ps.: I hooked up a voltmeter to the fan controller power out and noticed it topped out at 9V (high) & 6V (low).The yellow wire seems to send out a 12V signal to just turn on the leds. So connected it (with a y-splitter to another fan with rpm signal) to the MB and the yellow wire to the led switch and works like a charm (Lights + auto fan speed control). When the 200mm is hooked up to the MB its noticeably louder and pushes out some serious air.

In regards to the side exhaust fan i reckon it mainly keeps the case cooler. Its the two 140mm front intake fans for the gpus that really improved things.
Although i'm sure the 200 does help a bit (ie: cooler case = cooler everything inside)
  Also the top rad is set to intake - so the 200 helps there also.   Ps.: I hooked up a voltmeter to the fan controller power out and noticed it topped out at 9V (high) & 6V (low).The yellow wire seems to send out a 12V signal to just turn on the leds. So connected it (with a y-splitter to another fan with rpm signal) to the MB and the yellow wire to the led switch and works like a charm (Lights + auto fan speed control). When the 200mm is hooked up to the MB its noticeably louder and pushes out some serious air.

Gday,
 
Just thought i'd share what i ended up doing.
 
Worked out pretty good. Easily dropped max. gpu temp. by a good 10-15C (especially the top one - now both cards are within 3C of each other at 100% load). And case is 20C cooler than my old 650d.
 
With the fan on the side don't really need any lighting IMO.