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Well then, something to think about: If you'll put a 120mm Fan directly above the CPU it may "fight" the CPU fan causing some additional noise.. especially if you use an ALPHA HSF combo where the air moves the opposite way... i think the better way is intake fans as low as possible, prefer...

Hello every1
I'm building a new system in a suitecase...
For an elegant look i'm looking for a Slot loadindg DVD or CDR Drive...
are there any except the Pioneer drives?

Thank you,
Gal

I also use two 120mm Panaflows L1A and they are pretty quite... another way of making thing quiter is attach them to a Rheustate (as i did) or use a 5V/off/12V switch... or simply tun them from 5V current (instead of the yellow and black wires, use the RED and black wires or Yellow and RED for 7V).....

When you have one fan Blowing in and one out placed close to each other, you'll have an air "ShortCut" and most of it won't reach the MB !!! You should design the air way inside your case carefully, i'm not sure a 92mm blowing out is necessery... it won't overcome the two 120mm anyway and ...

I used to cut the holes with a dremel like tool (Black&Decker WIZARD) but it took a LOT of time to cut a 120mm hole with it... i now use a JigSaw and it faster ...
i would stick with the Jigsaw for the big cuts and a Dremel for the delicate works like on hte baybus etc...
good luck

The Correct Answer is BLOW !!! After passing through the Fan, the air that arrivedhe Heatsink is TURBULENT meanning that more air "particles" contact the fins and can "take"some heat from it... ;) When you suck... the air flow is Laminar meanning that ONLY one layer of the air is...