The Silverstone 80mm fan also use 3 1/2 inch fan controller right, which can be place in the floppy drive bay there...unless you already mount your floppy bay with floppy drive... the CM fan is too low in cfm...even my C532 with 120mm CM fan got too little intake, make my hdd stay in high temp at around 35C (lowest) to 41C (currently highest)... will change to other 120mm fan, and currently still doing research...maybe will switch my hdd to 5 1/4 bay there...maybe will put a 120mm at 5 1/4 bay there to cool down the hdd too...

lol..Nope, i do not have a floppy there.But i do have the CM Real Power Wattage Meter there that comes together with the CM Real Power PSU.I thought of mounting it on the inside of the C5 casing instead of it being outsite though..The problem with me now is that i dont believe a single 8cm fan (even it being a Silverstone) is enough as the sole front air intake unless someone prove me wrong..

The only thing i can do now is mounting another 12cm fan (being 12cm + 8cm) on the 5.25" bay as another intake but that is making hell lot of noise due to the blockage of intake (alot of metal plate and sponge thing there).Thats driving me almost crazy...Or should i do any modification to the C5 to fit a 12cm fan as intake around the HDD area?Currently, i only have 8cm(front intake) + 12cm(rear) as the air flow control only.No upper or side fan...Is that enough on the C5?

Maybe you can MOD the intake there to put a 120mm fan... and then move your hdd to 5 1/4 bay there, then have good enough intake liao...


Edited to add: As for the fan controller, maybe you can MOD your 5 1/4 bay there to fit it in...btw, the silverstone fan controller really not that flexible, it couldn't fit well in my C532 as it is not long enough, so I have to screw it inside and leave it a big big whole there:





This post has been edited by Kataro: Feb 22 2007, 05:17 PM

Thanks kataro for the info...

I will try replacing it with a Silverstone fan first and see whether it is sufficient or not.Else, i might need to mod that area to fit a 12cm fan.If i really do that, might need to pay a visit to uncle ianho on that..lol..

Anyway, how can i test whether the air intake is enough or not?Check temperature?Temperature of what?Thanks...

2 things, you can estimate the inflow and outflow cfm via rough estimation based on the fan manufacturer, although most of the time, the figures doesn't really match. if there is a difference, then the pressure difference will jeopardizes the whole experiment.

temp measuring requires some extra methology. 1st, you need to get the air sucked in to be cooler than the ambient temp inside the case. then using the nearest hardware or instrument to roughly estimate the temp difference.

This is my messy cassing with red ccfl !!!!

anyone suggest where to buy cooler master casing at JB? price must be ok

@ jtcs87

a bit messy, don't u think so

may i know what mobo & socket type u using

Might be due to the collision of Blue and Red led in the casing?

Just found out a way to fix the airflow problem i had been having previously on my C5.Might be getting a Scythe Kama Bay as a front intake.Anyone know will it fit in the C5?

It looks brilliant with two color theme .. one color on top while another at bottom ..

the only downside again is the messy cables...

Oh ya... I mention is a messy casing adi... I'm using AM2 socket & ASUS M2N-E motherboard...

Maybe the light is not suitable with it... I think is blue light is not so bright... I'll try to make it bcum brighter on it.... Thx for ur comment...

Yup... The btm is quite messy... I'll try to hide the cable on it as i can!!! Thx for ur comment...

u could try and ask UME which is located at TMN Universiti which is near UTM...
i bought my centurion 5 there and the price there at that time was a little cheaper compared to lowyat...

Dude.. once you sort out the cables and what not..take soem pix and post it.. i'm using C5 oso.... we can share some ideas on how to make it better..

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Added on March 8, 2007, 10:40 amOk...some of you might have seen my rig on the UV league.... here's my C5







This post has been edited by Zyntherius: Mar 8 2007, 10:40 AM

anybody here might wanna let go their cm 532/530? pm me..

-adios-

Thx a lot dude!!! I'll try to hide the cables!!!!






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This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 17 2007, 03:47 PM

i`m truly impressed by ur works man







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This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 17 2007, 03:48 PM

Simple setup only...nothing much...

i am impressed by the UV effect as well...

however could u update ur post with a clear view of the interior in bright environment .... ?

Please don't quote the whole post together with the pictures.
Edit it and remove the pictures.

alright...will do dude..