Worth it to mod my Artic Freezer A30 (air cpu cooler) to do push and pull ?

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Worth it to mod my Artic Freezer A30 (air cpu cooler) to do push and pull ?
My Arctic Freezer A30 is made to have 1 fan on it, which i obviously have , but i and wondering wether its worth it to add another fan and somehow do some DIY work to get it to stay on.
Will it help in getting better temps ?
Or where could i place the spare fan in my case ?
 
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The pic I found of that case shows a front intake, side fan mount, rear exhaust. For a dual radiator you'd need a different case I think or do some modification. Try mounting a fan on the side as intake over the video card. If your ambient (room) temps are a bit on the warm side, it may be difficult to get it much cooler.
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I'm not sure what case you have, how it's set up for fans and airflow. Generally there's little to no gain adding fans to single tower cpu coolers like the a30, hyper 212 evo etc. People have tried and tested it and the only gain is around 1-2c degrees cooler. If you feel the fan isn't doing a good enough job, you could try replacing the fan that's on it with something that has higher cfm and good static pressure. Other than that, a better cooler would be the way to go for any real cooling improvement.

What are your system specs? Current cpu temps? Fans are usually placed in front or bottom for intake and back and top for exhaust depending on the case and how it's designed for fan mounting.
 
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My case is the Cooler Master K280 and i already have and exhaust and intake fan the Corsair AF120mm. Im but abut angry because i made a mistake when buying this case , because it doesnt have dual fan slots at the top . As later on i wanted to get a dual rad.
Idle im around 40degrees and under load no more than 70 degrees, its roughly 65-67degrees.
So , maybe just cable tying a fan somewhere to get even better cooling ? I feel like doing some DIY :D

AMD Athlon x4 760k 4,0 ghz
Artic Freezer A30
Sapphire Redeon R7 260x OCE
Crucial Ballistix SPORT 8GB
Samsung EvoS 120GB SSD
MSI A78M-E35
Cooler Master K280
2 Corsair AF 120mm Fans (exhaust and intake)
 
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The pic I found of that case shows a front intake, side fan mount, rear exhaust. For a dual radiator you'd need a different case I think or do some modification. Try mounting a fan on the side as intake over the video card. If your ambient (room) temps are a bit on the warm side, it may be difficult to get it much cooler.
 
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