Best 4 Fan Arrangement for Corsair 200R (Help Deciding)

mikey2276

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Hey everyone, I need some help deciding how best to arrange my fans. I have the Corsair 200R and currently I only have the two factory fans installed. Although I have enough fans to use each slot, my motherboard only supports up to four fans (excluding the CPU fan). And even though, I can connect the rest of the fans directly to the power supply, I don't want to do that just yet.

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The CPU (stock Intel cooler; no problems with temp) blows its hot air upward toward the side of the case, and the graphics card (760) blows its hot air downward. So where would you place four fans in this case? This is inclusive of the two fans already in there. I don't think I'd really need to move the stock fans from their current position but, if you think I should move the stock fans from where they are currently, okay.
Please also mention which fans in your configuration would be intake and which outtake.
 


Most case fans are connected directly to the psu.

The only advantage of using the mb header is that some BIOSes let you slow the fan down .
 

mikey2276

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I now have a total of 6 fans in the case now: the 2 defaults (the front intake and the back exhaust), 2 exhaust on the top, and 2 intake on the side of the case; pretty satisfied with the temperatures (CPU max 60c, GPU max 70c, usually lower than) and the noise level (barely audible hum). All of the fans are 140mm. Do you guys agree with this setup?

Another thing I've been wondering is since the GPU is blowing hot air downward, and I still have an extra fan slot on the bottom of the case, should I put a fan (120mm) to pull that hot air through and out the bottom or will that mess up the airflow?