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That case has quite poor front intake, is one of the more
difficult to modify to improve cooling. From what I remember it
has a 60mm, mostly obstructed grill in the back below the power
supply. That grill "looks" like it's for a fan, but putting a
fan there does very little good.
If the bottom-side of the front bezel allows some air intake, you
might set it up on a piece of plywoord, or books, whatever, so
the front hangs over the end, is elevated off the
desk/floor/wherever. There is also what "looks" like fan
mountings on the front wall of the case but they're mostly
obstructed, could be cut out somewhat, preferribly such that the
hard drives are between the new hole and the opposite end of the
system, so most flow goes past the drives.
As for a different fan for the side panel, it'll be difficult to
find one that moves significantly more air but is quiet. I don't
recall if that is an 80 or 92mm fan, but either way the noise
level will be proportionally higher. If you know what the
currect fan spec is, we might better come up with a suitable
alternative, but odds are it'd be quite loud to make much
difference.
If the power supply has a stamped-in-metal grill on the rear
exhaust, cut out that grill. If the power supply is a Raidmax or
(same exact PSU but wearing a different name) generic label,
throw it away and buy another PSU... maybe that's not what came
in your case but many have same very poor power supply.
Basically the case isn't suited for the parts that're in it.
There is no optimal solution except replacing the case. If the
HDD rack has clearance away from the right side panel (and the
motherboard try stops short of the front by a few inches as I
think it does) then you might be able to squeeze in a couple of
80mm fans on that right-side panel, but you'd have to cut out the
holes, and the metal is thin so the holes couldn't be too near
the front edge, top or bottom of the panel either, unless you
found a creative way to cut the metal such that you were able to
fold it back upon itself to increase rigidity, or otherwise brace
it.
They made similar cases with two fans at the bottom of the left
side and a solid paneled window, which was easier to cool due to
double the intake fans.
Another option that I seldom recommend but do so anyway, due to
the particular case, is putting reinforcement metal pieces inside
the case, where the 4 feet are, with holes in those pieces so you
could bolt on taller feet. The reinforment pieces will probably
be necessary to distribute the additional force, keep the bottom
panel from bending. With the taller feet, you then have enough
clearance for a bottom-mounted fan, after cutting a hole of
course. Such a case would suck up a lot of dust though, you
might need relocate it if on the floor or clean it more often.
The faux metal front and bubble lights plus window make that a
pretty/shiney/fancy case, but overall it's a pretty bad case to
use for a modern system, perhaps one of the worst for it being a
full midtower. If it didn't have the window it'd be easier to
add another side-fan but as it is, the best long term solution
would be a different case.
If you really, really, really just want to replace the side fan,
you'll be wanting something extreme like this,
http://www.svcompucycle.com/80torfan.html ,
which is way too loud so you'd need use a fan speed control of
your choosing to reign in the noise. There are quieter fans but
the advantage of that one is that it's 38mm thick, so at any RPM
it'll (theoretically) move more air per RPM & noise. Second
choice would be a Panaflo FBA08A12H (search by that part number
for best price) but be aware that some don't come with a fan
tail, the connector for the motherboard or a power supply
connection. It's nowhere near as loud as the previous linked
fan, but nowhere near quiet either. Problem is that anything
with lower RPM/quieter, isn't going to make enough of a
difference to be worthwhile swapping in place of the current fan.