Antec P280 White - No top fan

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luck221

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Hi all,

I just received my case Antec P280 White, but I just noticed that it doesn't have the 2 top 120mm fans that the black version does!

All my research on the reviews seem to have gone down the drain as I got the case for a good price, which is why I chose it over other potential competitors, but I didn't realize the White version doesn't have the 2 top fans, and only comes with the rear fan.

I'll primarily be using this case for gaming and overclocking in the future, and I'm not sure if I should really be concerned about this...should I pay extra to get a new case?

Please help!
 
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Definitely two for the front

The internal fans are going to direct air around inside rather than push air through the case .
They might be worth it if they are blowing directly at the graphics card and cpu

You'd be setting up the case for positive pressure . This can work very well since air density increases heat transfer
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luck221

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The white window version and the black windowless/window version has the 2 top fans. Only the White windowless version (the one I got) seems to have no top vents...sigh...

If I add 2 120mm to the front, would that be equally good?

Trying to weigh my options on whether it's worth it to try and use this case by adding additional fans, or if the missing top vents is significant enough performance loss when overclocking and gaming to consider getting a new case...
 
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luck221

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You're right...antec page has listed it as having 2 top fans...how likely would I be able to get anything out of that though as I bought it from NCIX?

With that point aside, should I purchase 4 fans for 2 front intake + 2 Internal intake?

At that point, it'll become 4 intakes and 1 rear exhaust...would that work out?

Just to note, I have i5-4670k and GTX 770.
 
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Definitely two for the front

The internal fans are going to direct air around inside rather than push air through the case .
They might be worth it if they are blowing directly at the graphics card and cpu

You'd be setting up the case for positive pressure . This can work very well since air density increases heat transfer
 
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