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[Varmint260]

Sorry, I meant route it down and behind your optical drive/HDD cage and then out along the HDD cage bottom.

By behind the drive bay/HDD cage you mean on the same side the motherboard's mounted on, or the side facing the camera?

It looks like you're pressed for space under the HDD cage so you might be forced to go with an 80mm fan. I prefer 120mm fans since they can move more air at a lower sound level, so if you could cut a gap into your HDD cage near the front of the case to allow a 120mm fan to fit, go for that route.

I don't have a problem with cutting the metal cage under the bay; I'm more concerned with what to do about the plastic front of the case, right in front of where I can put the fan; should I cut a fan-sized opening in it or maybe just try for a bunch of smaller holes that I can put a nice mesh in?

There is no mobo that would take both, a 4 pin is just sitting there from my modular psu as well.

Ah, you have the same PSU, don't you? I don't know a lot about PSUs, but Newegg had a deal on this one and so I thought I could save without buying a cheap PSU.


EDIT: I just measured the distance between the bottom of the hard drive cage and the bottom of the case; about 9 1/2cm. How are 92mm fans in general? I measured the case fan at the back of the computer and it's 92mm. Doesn't move a lot of air but I can't hear it either.