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 my son's side panel  was getting very hot due to the GPU(MSI R9 390) blowing the hot air in that direction. So I got a new side panel that has 2 140mm fans. Well the fans were too thick so I go 2 15mm x 140mm fans and only the bottom one will fit because of a case frame bar. My question is should I cover the top side panel hole or leave it open. I have 2 front 140mm fans blowing in, 2 120mm in back blowing out, 1 140mm side panel blowing out and one open side panel hole. I would like to keep the side panel fan blowing out to keep the hot air that comes off my GPU from going back thru my CPU fan. Any suggestions?

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It is a  Lian Li PC-A70F. Its so big that I am afraid if I cut the bar it would spring the case and possibly make un-square. It kinda bothers me that Lian Li made a side panel with fan hole that fit that case and didn't consider the upper cross bar

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I used to have side fans in my case along with front fans blowing in and rear and top fans blowing out. The temps actually went up about 5 degrees with the side fans running, somehow it screwed up the way the air was  circulating threw the case.

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