I want to drill a couple of holes behind my case to mount a fan to cool the CPU. Any good advise before i make a mess out of it?
Also, my setup is:
mercury mid-tower case
sparkle 250W PSU, 0.25mu Athlon 650Mhz
1 HD, 2 CDROM drives
1 PCI blower, 1 case fan, single CPU fan
do you think by adding an extra fan will put too much streess on my PSU? Whats the maximum you think a 250W PSU can stand? Would it blow up if overloaded?
Before I put my Athlon system together, everybody told me to get a 300W psu for it anyway since Athlons were power hogs. I would think it was a definite possibility that you might start having stability problems if you add more fans to a 250W psu. Might be ok and might not. Guess the only way to find out is add one on and see.
No matter how good she looks, some guy, somewhere, is already tired of her chit.
Since that Sparkle supply is on the AMD approved list, I suspect you'll be fine. The draw from the fan itself, is relatively low, and steady. Unless you are running lots of drives etc., and a high current video card, you should be fine.
I've done a lot of drilling lately and I've learnt one lesson, you can't expect to hurry and get nice results. Start by drilling pilot holes with small 1/16" bore self-tapping/starting drill bits and then gradually move to a larger bore and then you'll have nicely centered holes that match up.
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-=S_Klass=- I tweak... therefore I am.
Of course, the easiest and fastest way to cut a circular hole in your case requires three things:
1. a compass
2. tinsnips
3. strength
I added a couple of fan hole to my Enlight 7237 Midtower, and let me tell you adding the blowhole on top was a ***** (had to cut through the one-piece body and the top case skeleton). But it looks good.
Its always a good idea to have a rotary tool or dremel to finish these guys.
I tried a hole saw before I turned to the tinsnips. These things were "supposed" to cut through steel doors for doorknobs, but it wouldnt even cut through the flimsy-gauge steel lining the back of my case. I mean it, this metal is the thinnest in my case, and it failed to more then cut a shallow ditch.
Maybe youll have more luck with carbide-tipped, but now were talking big bucks!
I saw a guy use Bosch (white with red Bosch logo) hole saws mated with a hi-power drill to cut holes on the side and top of his case and they turned out really nicely.
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-=S_Klass=- I tweak... therefore I am.
As a commercial carpenter who has installed many hundreds of locksets,panic bars,pull bars,any hardware combo you prob.have seen on industrial steel doors,interior and exterior,hole saws work.You cannot overheat the holesaw useing excessive rpms and expect them to function properly.Excessive heat will round the teeth right over. Keep the rpms down, be patient, no probs.
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