Case has no top fan slots. Should I use side fans for exhaust?

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The case is a Rosewill Redbone ( http://tinyurl.com/lgtm5r4 ) and it comes with only 2 120mm fans, one intake at the front and one for exhaust at the back.

I've installed an EVO 212 and the cpu temps are fine with a slight OC (FX 8320 clocked at 4.2) Same story with the gpu. So I'm not really having trouble with stability
BUT I really don't think that's enough airflow for an 8320 and a gtx 770 in that tiny case and I'm worried that I'm missing out on better performance just because the case was cheap and in a bundle (Newegg bundles are tempting). So my question is if I should install a couple of fans at the side for either intake, exhaust , or both? Or should I not even bother if side fans are useless?
 
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unless your gpu and cpu are hitting 90C+ you wont hit any performance issues, basically your case is like mine (challenger) and a top fan would be redundant for a hyper 212 since it already sits so close to the rear exhaust fan (at least on my sabertooth 990fx)

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unless your gpu and cpu are hitting 90C+ you wont hit any performance issues, basically your case is like mine (challenger) and a top fan would be redundant for a hyper 212 since it already sits so close to the rear exhaust fan (at least on my sabertooth 990fx)
 
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