I guess the option to put a fan at the 5" bay can be ruled out for now coz I dont plan to leave the bay door open all the time.

At the moment, from the suggestions that I got from you very helpful ppl, there's a few option that I can take:

1) easiest is to remove the air filter, plastic cover, put in a stronger intake fan (to ensure the air gets through the hdd cage) and put a 120mm fan at the side panel. But this might be a bit noisy. Not too sure how noisy and also make my computer dusty quite fast.

2) put the harddisk at the 5" bay by using the 3.5" to 5" converter. Take out the hard disk cage and do an air tunnel there. For this, im not really that crafty, so theres a big chance that the air tunnel will suk. haha.. and if i do move my hdisk to the 5" bay, it "might" increase the temp as there will be no airflow at all at that area. (albeit there is minimal airflow in the current setup). This solution will be more quieter than the option 1.

3) another option would be to use an air duct directly to my heatsink fan.. and probably get a silverstone fm121 fan to go with my heatsink. This solution will be more quite than option 1, but probably as silent as option 2. From what I understand, im sure this will bring about improvement over the current setup, but probably lower than method 1 and 2?

Did I miss anything else?

Thanks guys. Really appreciate all your help.

This post has been edited by vassalle: Dec 22 2006, 06:02 PM

Option 3 cools only the cpu but nothing else.

Okay, manage to take some photos of my setup.


think i will have a lot of difficulty to take out the hdisk cage. hate it when its like bolted to the case same goes for the metal enclosure for the intake fan.

However, i Managed to get the air filter out of after 'battling' for almost 15 minutes with my aurora. Took the whole 5 minutes to figure out how to get the front panel open. It wasnt stated in the manual damn i feel dumb

To my dismay, the temperature dropped @ idle only about 1c!

now have to weight up my options again.. mebbe should leave the air filter in? that will prolly take me another 15 minutes! haha

This post has been edited by vassalle: Dec 22 2006, 10:22 PM

That's the problem with the old 3D Aurora, the front panel is really hard to take out...

I have both old 3D Aurora & the new 3D Aurora 570 in my room...

And believe me, the newer 3D Aurora 570 is a lot better than the older 3D Aurora...

But the problem about the harddisk bay is still there, the harddisk bay is facing the sidepanel, which i'm thinking of sending the casing to ianho, cut out the front blowhole to a direct blowhole, to make more air go into the casing...

I'm thinking of sending my Aurora 570 for ianho for modding this two things:

1) Turning the HDD Cage so that it'll face the pci slot, this will result to more air to go directly to the graphic card and a cooler harddisk...

2) Cutting blowholes on all 120MM fan cage, the front, and the two exhaust...

TS, you can't rely on the stock "gaygaybytes" fans, they suck so much, why?
Because the fan only turns in 980RPm...

So the aiflow is really low, directly when i got the casing from moderno, i quickly change the intake fan to the Vantec Spectrum 120MM UV led fan b'coz i know that the stock "gaygaybytes" fan is not strong enough to bring cool air to the casing...

Looking for some extra money to send this casing to ianho for some mod...

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Dec 22 2006, 11:13 PM

thanks for the tips!

actually msged him about asking him to quote me the price to cut out the blow holes..
maybe can get him to turn the hdisk cage if possible..

how much noisier is the Vantec Spectrum over the default fan? how much is it?

I really love everything else about this case. Really hope i can get past this (sounds like me talking to a gurl) LoL

This post has been edited by vassalle: Dec 22 2006, 11:16 PM

How much noisier?
I can't hear any sound from the Vantec fans liao...

Believe me, the Vantec Spectrum fan noise is really acceptable, coz you won't hear anything
[unless if u put u're ears 1cm beside the fan, offcourse you'll hear some noise ]

The Vantec Spectrum UV Led is 1800RPM, so the airflow is higher, but even if the speed is higher than the Gaygaybytes fans, it's noise is really acceptable, you won't hear any sound

Remember to tell me how much will ianho charge for those mod's ya?
I'm interested to do those mod's to, as the HDD cage is really blocking the air from entering the casing...

eehhhh! muat ke? klu turning the HDD facing PCI...

Yes it will, don't you know how long does these Gaygaybytes 3D Aurora casings are?

And the new 3D Aurora 570 is even longer, 10% longer, as for my Aurora 570, i won't worry about it, and i even think, even if i mod it to be like that, i can still fit two 8800GTX in my casing as the casing is freaking long, and it has so many clearance, not sure about the older 3D aurora though

1800rpm 120mm fan is quiet? You must live next to a highway

All my fans spin around 1K rpm niah.

owhh.. sharks.. now im confused..

en sniper, what fans would you recommend me, or should i just live with the stock fan?

Well, it is quiet to me...
Seriously, i see in pc wizard 2006, asus pc probe, speedfan, and the fan speed is around 1700 - 1800 RPm, and i don't hear anything from it...

So for me, it is quiet enough, read my post earlier, i didn't say it's 100% silent, i say it's silent enough for me...

1800rpm 120mm fans r ok lar. I haf 4 of them running to keep King Kong cool. I dont hear anything oso. Even if u wanna keep using the stock fans is ok oso. As long as u improve matters in terms of more intake. Right now, ure major problem is virtually no intake. Truning the HDD cage is also a good idea as suggested by Shawty.

Well...to each their own. It's a lot more quieter here where I stay so 1800rpm is considered ultra loud for me.

Speaking of infra-red shot.. I digged up this shot of my casing
Well...its the mirage version which is essentially the same thing except front door niah.

My rig..only 2x 12cm...spinning at 1k rpm...cpu fan at 1.2K rpm


Yellow spot is the SLI of Custom PC's test rig


This post has been edited by sniper on the roof: Dec 23 2006, 12:02 AM

Bugger move to new house in quiet neighborhood sudah action kar?
Ya. The Akasa was 1 of the top cases in that test. Very well ventilated case. I always liked it but in KL tadak.

can you hear your neighbour doing 'project' at night ?

Well, I just cut vassale's side panel today. Let's c if the new 120mm Vizo fan he bought for the side intake works to drop his CPU temps.





Check out that Crystal edge polishing on the blowhole. U can even see reflections on the blowhole edge. Crystal edge blowholes FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

W000ttt... Im so happyy! my temperature with the side fan is atleast at par if not better than having the side case open.

idle @ 35c
load @ 43c



so very satisfied with ianho's work. reflections on the blowhole edge?!!
And he also took time to give a few pointers to this newbie. Thanks dude!

About the noise, im using the viso 120mm fan. its not loud, but not silent. for me its bearable (my ceiling fan is more noisier). But for the performance im getting rite now, i dont think i can complain much.

Just noticed something, check out my system temp @ 30c for both idle and load. Before it was at 40c idle!

This post has been edited by vassalle: Dec 28 2006, 11:09 PM

Bro, as you know, right now i'm using 3D Aurora 570 with the stock gaygaybyte fan [900 - 1000RPM] , what i get for my nortbridge is 40degrees [using PCCooler NB-400CU] damn hotter than when i'm using Tsunami Dream as my casing...

Then, 58degrees for my GPU Temperatures [Using Tsunami Dream casing got me 50degrees for my GPU temps]

See, you can see for u'reself, the fans were too slow...

I think the stock fan is too slow, so i've decided to change the fan...

Then, i've changed all the gaygaybyte 120MM fans [1 intake, 2 exhaust] to Vantec Spectrum 120MM UVLed fan, [the speed is around 1700 - 1800RPM] and what i got is, a much cooler parts in my casing...

Nahh, this is what i got:
Nortbridge: 35degrees [Cool!!!]
GPU: 50degrees [The Same temp when i'm using Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Casing]

So, this proves it, the stock gaygaybyte fans were too freaking slow to push some good cfm's...

Don't ask about my cpu temp, i'm using Swiftech Watercooling Kit, so the temps are still the same, 30degrees on idle

So now, all my casing fan & watercooling kit fans are using Vantec Spectrum 120MM UVLed Fan...

And the best part is, i don't have to mod my casing at all!!!

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Dec 31 2006, 12:07 PM

woooww.....that's like laser cut quality.........



glad that works for ya...