fan placement help please

goga12

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I have coolermaster n300 dont know why i bought but only what i could afford.Cant fit intake fans infront of the case the holes on the case is too small for the big screws.now i have a side panel fan on the back side of the mobo and two fans on top and one at back.how should they be placed can i put two top ones as intake cause room gets very dirty and side fan when it was intake got very dirty.Please help?
 
Your should have come with a couple sets of long screws to mount fans in the front with. They are not regular fan screws.
They go all of the way through both holes in the fan.
It should have one intake fan in the front already mounted. Take one of the existing screws out and look at it to see what I am trying to describe.
If you no longer have the parts box they come in you can take the one you removed down to the hardware store and get 4 similar screws for $2 or less.
Mine came with 2 sets.
 

Yong_89

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ah...cooler master n300.. i have the same casing but it is kkn2 which only has 1 rear fan..so for 2 side fan i bought 2 blade master to install and took me an hour to install becuz i didnt notice the casing comes with 8 long fan screw.. i have to screw the 4 screws provided by the fan and screw it from left panel to right panel becuz screw in the same side of the fan will not hold the fan..meaning i have to screw from the tiny holes between the left and right panel and only to manage screw in 3 out of 4 fan screw..argggghh..now after i look at the front fan panel then only i realize there are 8 long fan screw. but cooler master let us to use 2 front fan and 2 side fan.. they should provide us 16 long fan screw thou..