suggestions about air flow...please

[3stars]

And yes, get rid of those grilles on the inside of the 80mm fans. There's really no reason to have grilles on the inside of a case, and those grilles look like stamped steel, which can cover up to 3/4 of the entire aperture. If your case has grilles cut into them, cut them out with a Dremel or a pair of cutters and replace with a wire grille. Anywhere you see stamped steel grilles, get rid of them. Just replacing and removing those grilles will help airflow considerably. The CPU fan has a wire grille so it's probably not impeding airflow too considerably.

probably the most important advice here i agree totally, that and put your psu in the very top if thats possible (remove a heat pocket) then just test different confiugarations.

also i noticed that you can remove the hd cage why not get some 5 1/2 to 3 1/2 converters and move your h/d into the avalible slots and remove the cage all together there should be enough room for this and you intake flow will increase drematicly

[ooeric]

negative pressure is good.

 

positive pressure is bad.

 

easier terms?? make your fans exhaust. force every hole in your case suck in cold air.

 

nuff said.

 

flame on.