I'm not a gamer, just a DIY enthusiast who's always wanted to build his own system. I have a Corsair case with fan ports on the side, top, bottom, front, and of course, the one on the back of the case. Some might think it overkill, but I have a 140mm fan drawing air across the hard drive stack at the front of the case; two 120mm fans pulling air into the case and onto the motherboard from the side; a single 120mm fan on the bottom pulling air into the case (the 2nd fan port on the bottom is blocked by the PSU). That's a total of four fans pulling air into the case. For outflow, I have two 120mm fans on top of the case and the 120mm fan at the back. The PSU has it's own fan but I'm sure it benefits somewhat from all that airflow inside the case, and of course, the CPU has it's own fan as well. Like I said, it might seem like overkill, but hey, the manufacturer put those fan ports there for a reason and fans are inexpensive, y'know? I've also been pleasantly surprised that the noise level isn't a problem. The system makes about as much noise as I figured a system with seven or eight fans might make. I'm with the others though in recommending that intake is fine and all that, but you should dedicate at least one or two fans to pulling the hot air out. Depending on the configuration of your case, the best candidate for outflow is a port on the top of the case. You don't mention it but I've never seen a case without a fan port on the back, so you might consider configuring that fan to pull air out.