Need Best Cabinet Cooling Fan Directions Advice.

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Hello,
i am using Cooler Master Mid Tower K380 Cabinet,
my pc specs, i5 2310, 2x4gb corsair vengeance Ram, Hyper 212 evo Heat Sink, Zotac Nvidia Gtx 760 2gb,
Corsair VS650 PSU ,

i need best cooling fan directions to make lower temp as possible,
my current Cooler direction is shown in Attachment,
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is that is fine to go? how can i get more good results, Please share your Views,
thanks
 
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I would opt for Intake on the front. The one on the side is not going to make much of a difference IMO. The 212 EVO heatsink is not really designed for really high CFM so the air pressure is best to be flowing in one direction and out of the case. The Front Can be a High Performance Fan. The way your EVO fan is facing it would be blowing air towards the front and not out the back, Unless you have changed the fan that came with the Hyper EVO 212 already.... What fans do you have now?
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I would say the best Fan for A non restrictive space as that, unless you have 3 or 4 hradrives blocking it, would be a Air Flow optimized fan. My First Choice would be the Noctua NF-F12 but they are not cheap for a 120mm fan. I like the Corsair SP 120mm High performance but all you need there is an AF120mm High performance which is about $15 2 for $29. They offer good flow and are not too loud I have one at the back of my Case and at 900RPM I can barely hear it at all. IF you have a 140mm mount then get the 140mm fan.

EDIT Sorry I did not see the question right.
 
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I would opt for Intake on the front. The one on the side is not going to make much of a difference IMO. The 212 EVO heatsink is not really designed for really high CFM so the air pressure is best to be flowing in one direction and out of the case. The Front Can be a High Performance Fan. The way your EVO fan is facing it would be blowing air towards the front and not out the back, Unless you have changed the fan that came with the Hyper EVO 212 already.... What fans do you have now?
 
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thanks for good Advice,
i am using 3 fans + 1 is of CPU,
1. Cooler Master Sickle flow RED 120mm

2. Cooler Master xtraflo 120mm RED

3. Cooler Master Simple 2000rpm fan

+ 4. Normal Cooler master heat sink fan 212 evo


can you tell me proper :) Front on (intake) ?
side one where?
 
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The Coolermaster Fan on the heatsink shoud be blowing in the Exhaust direction. Looking at the Diagram it appears as if the Fan is pushing Air the other way. Just Carefull Snap it off and position it on, what would be in the Diagram, the right side, not left, of the heatsink.
 
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You right, but actually I have ram at right side. Have not much space to add fan on the right side of heat sink. :( should I try to postion the fan Lil bit on heat sink? I don't know its safe or not.
 
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Probably the best option would be:
Put the best fan you have in the front as an intake and run it as fast as noise allows. (the specs show this to be the Xtraflo)
Remove the side fan, it's not likely to help very much.
Put the weakest fan in the rear exhaust.
Move the fan on the Hyper 212 so it is blowing through the heatsink and towards the rear exhaust fan.
If you connect the intake and exhaust fans to the motherboard 3 pin headers you can control their speed through the BIOS.
Unless you have heavily overclocked the CPU there's no need to change the fan on the Hyper 212, in fact it is possible to use that cooler with no fan at all if the intake/exhaust airflow is reasonably good.
 
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Lol 2 more problems :(
I can't able to add fan at rear, because of that heat sink, and I can't able to open cabinet front plastic cover to replace fan xD how silly I am.
What if I reposition heat sink fan to right on the ram( Lil bit up on than ram) or fan at bottom of cabinet with PSU or small 80 mm fan at rear in place of 120 fan( that is only can fit if I don't change the position of CPU fan) and one fan (exhaust at window)
So what to do?
 
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You should be able to fit the fan on. I have a EVO with the fan close to the RAM but there is just enough room for the first black slot. Though I put my RAM in the A2 and B2...but it appears to have clearance.
 
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WTF we have the same config and the same brands..except for the graphic card mine is a Asus GTX650ti and i have 4x2 8GB corsair vengeance RAM & i have the same CPU cooler.. i have the fan on the left side as well cuz its damn close to the ram, the ram heatsink is not gonna make the air intake good so I made the rear as intake and the front as the exhaust, the window fan is intake as well..
 
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thanks to all :)
after seen my situation, i have done something with directions, as i said before my heat sink cooler cant install on right side, because of ram, so i setted it on left and on rear 120mm 2000rpm cooler, window cooler master 2200rpm to exhaust, front intake,
noticed difference,
CPU: Before-45-48 iDLE Now: 32-33c NOW Full load: 50-55c
GPU: Before-43-45c Now: 38-40c Full Load 78-80c
Chipset: Before-42-43c Now: 34-35c

is that fine now?
 
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