The front fan, located in front of the internal hard disk drive rack will push air into the case. The side and rear fans will pull air out of the case. I ordered a 4 pack of Cooler Master 120mm Silent Case Fans. I had been to Fry's over the weekend and this same pack was $17.99. I got it on Amazon for $12.96.
Reading the specs and knowing the power connections on my power supply, I needed to get two adapters as well. I got a 3-pin Y connector for the side and rear fans. I also got a 4-pin to 3-pin adapter for the front fan.
While I was at it I picked up a 6 foot USB A male to Micro B male cable. This will be used as longer charging cord for the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire comes with a short 3 foot wall warted cable. It works but if you want to use the Kindle Fire while it is charging it is a pain to be on a short cable. I might end up getting a 9.8 foot USB A Male to A Female cable as well. That would give me almost 16 feet of cable. More than enough to meet my needs. I highly recommend the Amazon Basic cable products.
After installation I probably will also purchase a new CPU heat sink and cooling fan. I either go basic, like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus or something extreme like the Cooler Master V10.
I am also going to need to install cooling fans in the new entertainment cabinet. For those I plan to use Cooler Guys products. This cabinet I think I will go with a pull only design. I will either use two banks of 80mm fans out the back or one bank of 120mm fans out the back. With the two bank arrangement I will have one bank behind the Onkyo TX-NR609 and one bank behind the Motorola DCX3400. With the one bank arrangement I will have one bank behind the Motorola DCX3400.
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