First step in this process is to strip your case down to the metal.  You don't have to take the parts out but remove the sides, top, and front panel.  Get out the duct tape and start taping over all those holes.  I did use a knife to cut the duct tape but I was very careful not to slice my fingers.  That wasn't that hard was it?  Don't get all happy yet because we have the hard part next.

This is the front fan opening on my case.  How the hell do they expect air to flow through that?  I searched around for my 7-inch diagonal cutters (aka dikes) and fixed this problem.  Warning, this part is hard, that case metal isn't real easy to cut with dikes.  I also did this to my power supply fan opening in the same way.  If you have small kids or cats I wouldn't suggest doing the power supply ... unless ... you don't like the small kids or cats.  Here you can see the finished product with the fan hole cut out and the holes taped over.

So what did this hour of hard work get me?  My case temp dropped about 9 degrees Fahrenheit and my lovely little Celeron 300A is once again happy at 450mhz.  Since some of you will be wondering why this article is the "The $5.13 lazy man's case mod", here is the receipt from Home Depot for the zip ties and duct tape.

As always we are not responsible for your lost fingers or the lost fingers of little kids.  I bet there are a lot of you out there that just need a few basic things done to your cases to improve the temperature.  Remember that the lower the case temperature means that the CPU is being cooled with colder air.  I'm now out of beer so you guys have fun.  I've got to run to the store and stock up on beer.

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