Just made it! By the way, the fan is mounted ‘backwards’ in this photo just for a quick clearance test. I think I didn’t bring the bezel downstairs with me for the fitting.
I recently had to trim off 1/8 on an inch from all 4 screw mounts so that this fan doesn’t sit so deep into the case. I bought a Zalman 9900 Max CPU Cooler and a few test fittings revealed that the top of the cooler was in contact with the fan when the side panel was closed. Now the fan is still seated far enough away from the dust filter in front and the CPU cooler behind it.
Most current setup 10-3-11:
Antec SLK3700 BQE Case
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 CPU (2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
MSI X48C Platinum Mobo
Crucial DDR3-1066 RAM 2GB x4
Ultra 750w PSU
Zalman 9900 MAX CPU FAN
WD VelociRaptor 300GB HDD
WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD x2
XFX Radeon HD 5770 GPU
ASUS 24 inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit (5.9 WEI)
Posted by airzeke on 2011-02-06 20:41:59
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