corsair h100i fan replacement

Cablife

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Hello everyone! I am new to this site, though it's helped me many times to see other people's questions answered. That being said, I'll be here more often, as I will have more questions over time. I just built my first rig, and am eager to learn more about PC tuning. Thanks in advance for being helpful as I've seen so many people on here be. You guys rock.

Anywho, here's my question:

I want to replace the fans on my Corsair Hydro Series h100i with red led fans (they are 120mm). Do I need some kind of special fan for the radiator? or would these work?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181054
(FYI I have the radiator mounted to the top of my Rosewill Thor V2 ATX Full tower case.)

If not, perhaps someone could tell me what fans I should get? (remember I want red LED's =P)

Also, configuration. I've read they should be configured as intake. I've also seen some people say a push-pull config would be better, as there are 2 fans on the radiator. Push-pull seems like it would be better, but then again I'm still new at this. Which would be more effective at keeping the system cool?

Thanks again!
 
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You don't need push/pull with pressure optimized fans. The fans you linked are good air flow fans, but not for radiators. The below would be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.65 @ Mwave)
Total: $27.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-12 15:14 EDT-0400


I prefer to do AIO coolers as exhaust, otherwise you normally have too much intake, or weird directional air flow, and putting them as exhausts only sacrifices a degree or two temperature wise, but keeps air flow more consistent in the case, and doesn't...

BleedingEdgeTek

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You don't need push/pull with pressure optimized fans. The fans you linked are good air flow fans, but not for radiators. The below would be perfect:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm Fans ($27.65 @ Mwave)
Total: $27.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-12 15:14 EDT-0400


I prefer to do AIO coolers as exhaust, otherwise you normally have too much intake, or weird directional air flow, and putting them as exhausts only sacrifices a degree or two temperature wise, but keeps air flow more consistent in the case, and doesn't push a lot of warm air into a highly positive pressure case.
 
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Colin Hartigan

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I believe you want static pressure fans for rad fans. And push pull is obviously better if you want to do that then you can. You want to configure it as exhaust pushing or pulling air through the rad and out the case
 

Cablife

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Thank you very much for quick response! i'll probably go with those!