Would this work out?

[Yoshinat0r]

Ok, here's the deal. My case has a side mount for a 200mm / 230mm fan. I would like to put a big fan there, but the problem is, my cpu heatsink/fan is so big that it sticks out just far enough to meet the wall, leaving almost no room for a fan. Now most 200mm / 230mm fans are 30mm think, with the exception of some that are 20mm thick. Neither of those sizes would be thin enough to fit in-between the side wall and the heatsink. I did, however, find this fan called the Scythe, which is 12mm thin, which I believe "could" squeeze inbetween the sidewall and the cpu heatsink. My question is, could I buy 4 of these, screw each one in each corner of the 200mm sidewall mount, and use fan extensions like this to group the fan wires all into 1, and plug it into the motherboard? Would it have enough volts to run 4 fans off of one fan port?

 

[ortoklaz]

can you mount the fan outside of the case?

 

[Yoshinat0r]

Well I have an NZXT Phantom, there's a big grill on the side where the fan goes, not sure if I could mount it on the outside.

 

[ortoklaz]

yes you can,you can cut out the screen or live it the way it is and add filter for the fan;
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10222/ffi-48/ModRight_FilterRight_200mm_Black_Aluminum_Fan_Filter_Cooler_Master_HAF_ATCS_840.html?tl=g47c223s1092
Scythe fans are among the best and yes you could go 4X100

note; 4 small fans make more noise then 1 big one

 

[Yoshinat0r]

So if I were to mount a big one on the outside, would I just place the fan on the outside of the grill, line up the screw holes, and simply drill screws right through the grill?

 

[ortoklaz]

So if I were to mount a big one on the outside, would I just place the fan on the outside of the grill, line up the screw holes, and simply drill screws right through the grill?

"That's about the size of it"..if you have to drill ,but if you going to leave the grill without cutting it, your air flow will be obstructed and you may experience some noise.
I would just cut out nice hole with dremel/ cut off wheel,this way it will be ease'er to run the wires

 

[Yoshinat0r]

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