Fan Filters and Temperatures.

OK.. I found some 1/4 inch air conditioner foam. Here are pictures of what I have done with the case: Also, I have some pictures of my completed cable management.

Left Side Panel 230mm fan with fan filter. (This is looking from the inside)

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Front Grill taken out and filter put in.

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I have four empty (currently) 5.25 bays with grills.

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Now some cable management pictures:

Side panel fan connector.

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Closeup back panel cable management. A little crowded, but everything is organized and tied down tight.

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Full view of back cable management.

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Full view of front. I don't have the best camera and lighting. But, I think the main area looks pretty clean.

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OK... so I have some more questions.


Those fan filters should keep out a lot of dust, and I'm only putting them on the intake fans. Are they going to block the airflow into the case?

Second, I got myself a fan controller/temperature monitor deal for one of my 5.25 bays. I have 1 temperature probe by the CPU under the heatsink. (1) I have 1 in between my 2 260's. (2) I have 1 between the bottom 260 and the power supply. (3) and I have one hovering over my hard drive. (4)

My question is: The temperature probe things came with little plastic tubes over the ends. I took those off. Should I have kept those on? That may be a dumb question.

I've been running my computer (mainly internet - nothing really stressful on the system - maybe a few movies or something) for about 8 hours now. My temps are currently (according to the probe card)

1) 35.5 C / 95.5 F
2) 43.2 C / 109.6 F
3) 26.5 C / 79.7 F
4) 40.3 C / 104 F

So, I'm wondering if that's good/bad temps and what else I can do to cool it down more. Also, I'm wondering if the whole temperature probe thing is kinda worthless or if it's a good thing. Also, if there's any software that anyone knows about/uses that monitors temperature that I'm not aware of.

Next week, I should get 1 more 120mm fan that I'm going to try and mount in my extra 5.25 drive bays, plus I'm getting a red cold cathode that I'm hoping to mount kinda in the top of my case, above the side window.

Thanks in advance for your comments. I've learned a lot here the last few weeks, and you've been a great help to me building this thing.

I'll work on the links tomorrow - they worked earlier. I'll check the Precision thing.