Are case fans needed?

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DrayOnFire

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I am wondering whether I should buy case fans for my first custom-built PC. I probably will not overclock at all but I do hope to play the latest games at high resolutions on maxed settings. The case comes with two stock fans and I have an aftermarket CPU cooler. Do I really need to buy case fans?

My Build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/DrayOnFire/saved/3ecj

ALSO: Do I need to buy an aftermarket GPU fan? I won't be overclocking or anything. I will be gaming though.
 
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To be honest, with that video card you may not be able to run everything maxed out at 1920x1080, but you will be able to enjoy games for sure and you can always upgrade whenever you feel like you need something extra if you have the budget.

About the fans, as long as you arrange a good cable management, you will be fine with what you got.

Aftermarket gpu's usually come a bit of overclock and with better cooling system, which means, of course, better performance, so it's up to you wether you want to spend a bit extra money to get more fps while gaming.
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Daniel F

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To be honest, with that video card you may not be able to run everything maxed out at 1920x1080, but you will be able to enjoy games for sure and you can always upgrade whenever you feel like you need something extra if you have the budget.

About the fans, as long as you arrange a good cable management, you will be fine with what you got.

Aftermarket gpu's usually come a bit of overclock and with better cooling system, which means, of course, better performance, so it's up to you wether you want to spend a bit extra money to get more fps while gaming.
 
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2x4b

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If you run a high end (hot) graphics card and have a CPU heatsink and fan, then yes, you need to move the hot air out of the case.
Two case fans are probably going to do the job adequately, and it sounds like your case comes with two. Use them.

Once for cool air intake at the front, and one for hot exhaust at the back is the most common setup.

At that point you (everyone) should monitor their temperatures under a full load and determine if the heat is building up, or if it being eliminated sufficiently. If the temps are too high for your liking, then you can add fans or modify the setup as needed.

If you start to do some serious gaming, then you will want to use a dedicated Graphics Card. In the meantime, the onboard GPU will likely be able to run many games at low settings; however, some of the more graphics intensive titles will have requirements that exceed your built in GPU's capabilities.
 
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DrayOnFire

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What if I turn off the unneeded things like AA and Vsync?
 
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Daniel F

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It depends on the game, but if you can gather a bit more money, I'd go for a gtx 760.

 
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DrayOnFire

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Thanks. This was very helpful


Thanks, this was also very helpful.
 
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