Several good solutions but some you may not have heard of:
Small rubber mounts for your fans instead of screws, available at newegg and several stores, I believe I saw them at OfficeMax as well but Best Buy will carry them, they are cheap and offer a vibration free mounting for your fans.
You may not need that many fans in the first place, fan psoitinong is more improtant thatn quantity. If you have more than one slot ofr video card and fans try rearranging things inside your case. I found just getting things in the right position could reduce heat by five degrees.
A really good suggestion is the side fan and pushing or pulling air directly to the CPU cooler. If the CPU cooler has a fan on the top try pulling air out and directly through a tube to the outside. This will reduce oiverall temps inside your computer case considerably.
I find that just getting things in the right place and thinking logically about where air is coming and going inside the case as well as what is generating heat makes a big difference. Keep things neat and tidy inside for better airflow and use the natural design of whateveer case you have help the airflow go past the things you need to have cooled.
Good luck.
Jeff
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