Advice on case fan placement

andrewforbes88

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Hi everyone, I'm going to be building a new gaming rig in November (2014) and I had a question about airflow. The case that I've chosen is a Corsair Graphite Series 230T CC-9011040-WW Grey on Black with BLUE LED fans ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, I was planning on getting an all in one liquid cooler for the CPU which will be an i7 4790k, so since I'm going with an all in one liquid cooler the top fan mounts will be taken up by the exhaust fans from my CPU cooler so my question is this, I've always read that you should have more intake fans than you do exhaust fans to create positive pressure in your case. With this set up I'd have two 120mm intake fans on the front and one 120mm exhaust fan on the back but I would also have the exhaust fans in the top directly exhausting the heat from my CPU so will those top fans stop me from achieving positive pressure in my case or do those not come in to play when considering case pressure because they are directly exhausting the heat from my CPU? Will those two fans in the front and single exhaust fan at the rear still allow me to get positive air pressure in my case? Thanks in advance!
 

andrewforbes88

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Note I just noticed that there is a mount at the bottom of the case for a 120mm or a 140mm intake fan, so I think I'll be ok as far as case pressure goes but I wanted to check with some of you who know more than me. Thanks again! Any responses are much appreciated!