Blowhole!

Today I added a blowhole to the top of my case. All I can say is WOW. My CPU used to be running at high 50's idle, 65-70 on load. Now its LOW 50's on load. Thats a temp difference of about 15C.

My delta is about 30C.

I'll make a blog post about it, link to it for the pics

 

Sounds to me like a COOLHOLE!

Nice work.

 

Thanx Gold Fish, sounds perfect!!!

 

wow, thats pretty interesting. Im interested in seeing the pics and write up on this. linky linky.

 

What exactly is a blowhole?

 

A hole-fan setup that is used to push the inside air out of the case. Creating a proper air circulation helps pushing the hot air out which in return cools the case and the internal components.
For proper PC case cooling using fans, you need fans that are blowing inward and some blowing outwards.
In a most common setup, fans blowing out are located on top and in the back of the case. The ones blowing in are generally on the side panel on in the front but this could vary from case to case.