Wait, does your case have those fan grills where you can put in an 80mm fan and then upgrade it to a 120mm fan? For the best performance out of your computer, you need at least 2 fans in there, 1 for intake of cool air and 1 for exhaust of the hot air being made by the components in your case. If the funnel for the CPU is the only intake fan you have in the case, I would recommend installing another fan because the CPU would be the only thing in the case getting cool air and vice versa. If you have a link to the case that would be helpful.

Not that I know of. It seems to be only for ONE fan and from the looks of it, I assume it's a 120mm one and NOT the 80mm that they advertised:

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Sea...ku=I69-2146%20D

That's the exact case I have and I don't see any use for this 80mm fan I bought from them. I assume I can't mount this 80mm fan for the front of the case right? I took a look and don't see any ventilation holes in the front of the case (only a little space between the front cover and inside metal case).

If they are wrong about the specs, you should email them or something so they can fix what they have on their page. From the page you gave me and from the info about the possabilities of the front fan, I would remove the funnel on the side of the case and if possible mount a fan where the funnel was located. That should be the intake fan and make the fan in the back of the case an exhaust fan. I can't really tell from the pictures if you can mount a fan on the side or not.

I emailed them and now I have to call them because they won't resolve the issue via email

That funnel thing can be removed from the side case. But should I do this as it's made mainly to blow cool air for the CPU fan and processor area? Underneath this funnel I see another small opening (maybe 2x4 inches) but doesn't look like I could mount a case fan there.

Will it be cool enough to just mount one exhaust fan in the rear of the case? Nothing is blowing or sucking air from the motherboard directly (funnel only pointing to CPU area)? I'll try to take some pictures if needed.

Thanks.

OK, everything is basically setup now. I'm just missing the case fan and a decent video card (which I placed an order for already ).

I have a picture of my side panel that shows that "funnel" shape to suck in the air from the outside (see attachment). Should I remove that funnel and replace it with a 80mm fan instead? It's mainly used to bring in air directly to the processor fan. As of now, my whole system inside is not receiving any ventilation whatsoever, so I'm not going to use it until I get the fans in place. I ordered two of the 120mm fans and want to mount one in the front and one in back. I have a question though. This is actually my first time installing a case fan for my PC. Mine didn't come with any other screws or anything. The 80mm case fan I got before came with these 4 screws though. My question is, do I just drill it through the plastic? Is there a place where I can buy those "rubber screws" instead and push them in or release them if I decide to change them?

I took a look at my front case where the 3.5" drives go into and see a slot for another 120mm fan. I assume this is best to be used for the intake of air right? One problem though. It's kind of close to the plastic of the front cover and I'm not sure how much air it will bring in. Not sure if this is poorly designed or it will work just fine as it is.

Thanks.