Question SILVERSTOVE GD08B-x / Bottom Front fans mod question

[DREDKNOT_2077]

question an your thoughts please

the question


iv just bought the GD08B-x for my htpc/server build an im sticking with all air cooling but one thing i dont know before it arrives is for the front bottom intake using

3 x 120mm 25mm thick fans is ther enough room for adding this 20mm fan duct mod to each without having to remove the twin 5.25in bay ?


your advice an thoughts

an a side i was planing to expand the ventilation on the top to mount 2 x 120mm fans for exhaust using a custom wood or metal drill guide for my drill-press like this

an put one over the gpu area an one over the mobo/cpu spot

so i could go with a 120aio mounted offset farther back an as a top exhaust if ther was enough clearance between the aio pump hear an the under side of the aio's rad

thinking a arctic freezer II 120mm or maybe a 240mm

my gou is a 1 slot wx amd to be vertical mounted.

v2_120mm_fan_m_vent.eps

 

[Lutfij]

You could go with slim fans, that are 15mm in thickness, like these;
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a12x15-pwm-chromax-black-swap
then add the ducting but I don't see you using a duct that's height is 15mm over a 25mm thick fan on the bottom venting space of the case, while having both 5.25" drive bays functional with an ODD.

 

[dwd999]

This is why I bought a GD11 so if its not too late to change your order you could consider that.

 

[DREDKNOT_2077]

This is why I bought a GD11 so if its not too late to change your order you could consider that.

no ill be stickin with the gd08b

 

[DREDKNOT_2077]

You could go with slim fans, that are 15mm in thickness, like these;
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a12x15-pwm-chromax-black-swap
then add the ducting but I don't see you using a duct that's height is 15mm over a 25mm thick fan on the bottom venting space of the case, while having both 5.25" drive bays functional with an ODD.

with the 90deg shroud under the bays do you think a 10m on top of a 25mm fan would fit ?

 

[DREDKNOT_2077]

any thoughts on my planing to expand the ventilation on the top to mount 2 x 120mm an a 120mm or 240mm aio rad ?