[SOLVED] Need help/advice on installing side panel fan

[tuananh13522]

My desktop case have a window panel on its side, the case is SAMA E-Sport 2. i want to replace that panel with a 20cm fan for additional cooling.
I have already installed 2 12cm fans at the front for intake, 1 up and 1 rear for exhaust. I have measured the fan and the panel, they loosely fit, with the panel dimensions approximately 21x22cm, so can anyone here give me advice on this, how and what needed to be done to make the fan fit nicely with the panel, i tried using additional plastic panel and rubber pieces to fill the space but it doesn't work as they unable to hold the fan , i need something that can hold the fan tightly with the case.
Oh, and the fan is Cooler Master Masterfan MF200R RGB.

MasterFan MF200R RGB

The MasterFan MF200R RGB, a new member of the MasterFan family, provides a specific air cooling solution ideal for chassis in-take fans. Designed for Builders with RGB-enabled PCs, you can feel the flow with full color fun, and perfect match your PC's theme. The MF 200R RGB with milky color fan...

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[Barty1884]

Do you have a picture of the case in question ? I can't find much on it, other than a windowed side-panel.
https://shopee.vn/Vỏ-thùng-máy-SAMA-eSport-2-Window-Mini-ATX-case-i.409568.197988339

Ultimately, if you don't have the appropriate mounting for a 200mm fan, you'll need to create them..... likely by drilling holes. If the case wasn't designed to support a 200mm fan, the native mounting points are not going to align.

 

[alexoiu]

Take the side panel to a shop that can nicely cut it.
However, I would not do it. 4 fans should provide a decent cooling.

 

[SgtScream]

Are you getting inadequate cooling for your internal components? Side fans are only necessary when front intake fans are obstructed by drive cages. In modern cases they're typically not necessary.

 

[tuananh13522]

Are you getting inadequate cooling for your internal components? Side fans are only necessary when front intake fans are obstructed by drive cages. In modern cases they're typically not necessary.

yes, the upper front fan was obstructed by the case cover, the lower one, however, don't . My Gigabyte R9 390 card was quite hot even when in idle mode; just installed an CM T400i and replace thermal paste on my CPU, i can see CPU temp dropped from 58~66 down to 41~48, the R9 390 however, remain hot. Sorry for not include pictures, i dont have my phone with me right now.

 

[SgtScream]

Ol

yes, the upper front fan was obstructed by the case cover, the lower one, however, don't . My Gigabyte R9 390 card was quite hot even when in idle mode; just installed an CM T400i and replace thermal paste on my CPU, i can see CPU temp dropped from 58~66 down to 41~48, the R9 390 however, remain hot. Sorry for not include pictures, i dont have my phone with me right now.

Older AMD cards like the R9 run hot. There is a chance adding all these fans will make no difference what so ever. How hot does it get?

 

[tuananh13522]

Older AMD cards like the R9 run hot. There is a chance adding all these fans will make no difference what so ever. How hot does it get?

The R9 was around 50~52 when idle and pull up to 70~78 when doing heavy tasks like gaming.

 

[scout_03]

name and model of the fans in the case also the cfm they produce ..à

 

[SgtScream]

The R9 was around 50~52 when idle and pull up to 70~78 when doing heavy tasks like gaming.

That's actually pretty good for a R9 390. I modified my front intake to blow under my gtx 1080 ti and I brought temps down from the high 70's to mid 70's. Most graphics card start to throttle at 90+c to save your hardware from burning up. My advice is to keep monitoring temps and to not worry unless they reach temps close to your graphics card max temp.

 

[tuananh13522]

That's actually pretty good for a R9 390. I modified my front intake to blow under my gtx 1080 ti and I brought temps down from the high 70's to mid 70's. Most graphics card start to throttle at 90+c to save your hardware from burning up. My advice is to keep monitoring temps and to not worry unless they reach temps close to your graphics card max temp.

Thanks for reply. So i dont need that CM 20cm fan on the side anymore? I will replace the thermal paste in the R9 GPU tonight when i get back from work.

 

[SgtScream]

I wouldn't bother with the thermal-paste. Temps are fine.

 

[tuananh13522]

Well, bad news for me, the Gigabyte R9 390 in its own madness, decided to pull temp to over 94 and burned itself. It still work fine the other day though. Take it to the shop where i bought it, after lengthy waiting for the result of their testings, they gave me another R9 390 for free in place of that gigabyte R9, this time, PowerColor R9 390 PCS+, but i can''t seems to find official driver support from powercolor website, only drivers for Vega and RX 500/400 series available. Does this means the card was mean to use with AMD driver instead?

 

[SgtScream]

https://www.amd.com/en/support

 

[tuananh13522]

https://www.amd.com/en/support

yep, installed 19.1.1 Radeon driver this afternoon, default settings/profile and no crash yet, will keep monitor it in the next few days.

 

[tuananh13522]

Update: not a single crash since install, lots of heavy tasks and gaming, no crash no black screen. Driver version installed AMD Radeon 19.1.1 on Windows 7 64bit. Guess i am good for now, will keep monitor the card.