ASUS Essentio Upgrade

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Little fans like that are noisy and don't move much air. Did you pull the front cover and check the size fan size it is designed for?
Wait. The front panel isn't vented somewhere for the fan to draw in air?? If not, then don't bother putting a fan in there.

Btw, those links you posted above didn't show anything in case you were attempting to post a pic. They just went to the page that wanted me to join Google+.
 
The pic that you posted looks exactly like mine, I just had a couple with better lighting but I don't know how to post them on here. There are ventilation holes in the bottom front(in the metal lining) but the black plastic case cover(that says asus and has all the stickers etc.) doesn't have any holes.
 
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That's really odd that Asus would sell a case with no way to mount a front intake fan. In the pic, it doesn't even look like there's any mounting holes for the front fan. Are there any other fan mounting locations? Top? Side panel? If not, go ahead and run like it is and watch the temps. It might be OK as is. If not, maybe one of these will draw in extra air for cooling: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?N=100007998%20600035566&IsNodeId=1&Submit=ENE
 

Yeah, I see that in one of the stock photos of that PC. But I don't think there are mtg holes for fan screws. Measure a pair of the corner holes diagonally and tell me what they measure center to center.
 


175mm is the spacing for a 140mm case fan. One may fit in that location. If there are another set of holes that measure 148mm diag, they may fit a 120mm fan. The thickness of the fans are usually 25mm. So check that nothing on the inside of the case would hit the fan if one was mounted there.
 
It said asus BIOS on the top. It had advanced tabs and pick your boot up speed. I called a tech company and they said it fried the motherboard. I took it to a local place and now they're looking at it.
 
hey bud, I just wanted to say thank you for your suggestions and help. The amd gfx card and the psu I got worked GREAT. It was the hard drive. I actually cancelled the shipping and took it to a local pc repair place, and after about three days of diagnostics they narrowed it down to the hard drive. It was spinning up and they could view the files but it wouldn't load the OS. (Apparently this happens often with that asus hard drive, but my money is on windows 8). Anyways, I've been using it for 3 months now and it's perfect. So...

Thank you for your help, you're obviously very knowledgeable when it comes to computers lol

 


That requires an FM2 socket. You better refresh my memory as to what your system consists of; motherboard, current CPU, power supply, etc. Whether or not the MB will recognize the newer CPU will depend on what BIOS the board has.
 
I am also curious on upgrading but more of using the essentio's case. I was wondering what motherboards will fit nicely with the old screw holes
 


You may want to open your own post instead of hijacking this old one. Especially if you want to further the discussion. But to answer your question, that case will accept any mATX motherboard. The mounting holes are standard.
 
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