You don't need to cut up your case. One high performance fan in the back of the case and one or two in the front will do just fine. Look inside the case on the front wall just in front of the hard drives and see if that case has one or two mounting places for fans. if it does then get two fans and install them in those locations. You'll have to drop the front off to install them but that's simple. Normally a nosepiece is held on with 4 or six small screws. The front fans goes inside the case but the screws go in from the front. When you have those fans mounted up put the nosepiece back on. Three fans will not add much the power drain.
I don't really think you need any more than that. If you do however look in to another case. You can get good ones for around 60 or so US dollars.
Oh and the fan in the back blows out the back. The fans in the front draw air in so it blows accross the hard drives to help cool them off.
Man I could come back and edit this post all night long. But I noticed something else in the pictures. You may want to switch to round IDE and floppy cables. They offer lest restriction to the air flow. Also the power wiring could be sheathed with automotive split loom real cheaply.
I like the black split loom as it seems to make the wiring vanish and since it's round the air gets by it easier.
I don't really think you need any more than that. If you do however look in to another case. You can get good ones for around 60 or so US dollars.
Oh and the fan in the back blows out the back. The fans in the front draw air in so it blows accross the hard drives to help cool them off.
Man I could come back and edit this post all night long. But I noticed something else in the pictures. You may want to switch to round IDE and floppy cables. They offer lest restriction to the air flow. Also the power wiring could be sheathed with automotive split loom real cheaply.
I like the black split loom as it seems to make the wiring vanish and since it's round the air gets by it easier.
