My SLK3700BQE makes a nasty whining noise when I put the front panel cover on it - it's the air intake scoops reducing the airflow making the 120mm intake fan whine.
I've Dremel'd out the lower part of the scoops slightly, nothing mad, and opened up the intake at the bottom on the underside but that hasn't really helped much.
Now I'm thinking of cutting out the scoops altogether and putting in some G5 style alu mesh from KustomPCs:
ie chop out the scoops on the lower part here:
and add some of this as fan grille type thingy:
I'm new to case mods, with this w/e being the first time I'd taken a Dremel to a case in anger.
So, if I manage to cut out a nice rectangular hole, how the hell do I make the mesh stay in place so it looks nice and not hacked up, ie without just glueing it to the front?! I'm sure I've seen this kinda thing on the BTO machine at the back of CustomPC mag....
Err, also, would it be better to drill 4 corner holes and use a hack saw instead of the Dremel?