Case cooling and Proper Airflow opinions/suggestions

Snow_Leopard · Jul 28, 2014

I'm planning to upgrade my PC next week and, as I'll be using 6x extra case coolers I'm intreaged about having an excellent airflow so that's why I wanted to know your opinions/suggestions on my planned cooling setup.
What I'm going to use
1x Arctic Cooling F9 90mm
5x Cooler Master SickleFlow 120mm Blue LED

My questions now are : Is it a proper airflow ? Am I missing something ?

TheMagicalWallaby · Jul 28, 2014

Front, bottom, and side = intake

Top and Rear = exhaust

jshoop · Jul 28, 2014

you want the side fans to be intake, but honestly you only need 2 fans for good cooling. 4 will provide better cooling but i dont think by much. you'll just want the same amount of intake as exhaust.

id put one fan in the front, one on the bottom, then one at the top back and top. if you want anymore put one on the side panel blowing onto the gpus as an intake.

ahnilated · Jul 28, 2014

TheMagicalWallaby :

I second this!

TheMagicalWallaby · Jul 28, 2014

I recommend filtering those intakes. Silverstone makes good dust filters if you need them.

volcanoscout · Jul 28, 2014

I can't remember if using the side mounts on that case as intakes causes a harmonic (really annoying buzz) - if not, I'd suggest using both side fans as intake. Leave the rear and top/rear as exhaust.

You might want to experiment with the second top fan depending on your cooler type and orientation - try it as exhaust, intake, and no fan. Sometimes it's better not to have a fan there if you're air cooling vs water cooling.

Rookie_MIB · Jul 28, 2014

ahnilated :

Thirdsies. If you look at placement for the sides, those should be intakes.

Fresh air from the front == cool the drives.
Fresh air from the sides == cool the CPU/GPU
Heat always rises, so everything on the top blows out.

Then just balance it so you have roughly equal intake and exhaust fans.

Snow_Leopard · Jul 28, 2014

Thank you all for your answers ! Now I shouldn't encounter any placement problems.

P.S I'm starting to love this forum. It'll definetly be recommend.

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