Airflow Help - BitFenix Shinobi

Rbeales1911

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Hello everyone, as the title suggests i'm looking for help to improve the airflow in my case:-

BitFenix Shinobi Window
http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345010

Currently I have:

* 2 140m AF140 as top exhaust
* 1 120m BitFenix Spectre Pro as side intake
* 1 120m BitFenix Spectre Pro as front intake
* Corsair H80i with the rad mounted in the top-rear of the case in pull config.

I'm thinking that my intake isn't all that great so i'm going to replace both the spectres with Corsair variants, but my question is this:

For the front intake would the AF or SP series be better? Because i have my ssd mounted at the bottom, removing the drive cages isn't an option so with such restricted space (also from the front dust filters) I thought the SP would be the better option. However i would like a second opinion.

Thank you for listening and any advise/recommendations are welcome :)
 
Solution
SP (Static Pressure) is good for forcing air through a radiator. I'm not sure it's any good in sucking air through a filter. In general I would suggest the AF (Air Flow) fans for moving air into the case.

Rbeales1911

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Going to give the AF ones a shot. Cheers :)

Quick question of the rad though, won't having the fans exhausting through it increase the CPU temp? Or is worth doing to keep the rest of the mobo/RAM chips cooler?
 


It's a question that gets debated often. My opinion is that it is best to exhaust air in a normal flow pattern (front/bottom toi back/top) and fit the radiators into that flow in a way that works. I've put radiators on the back and top that blow out and one in the front that sucked in - in neither case could I see significant temperature issues.



 

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