System cooling (feedback and tips please)

Fina1234

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I built my first computer two months ago or so, and I still haven't upgraded my cooling. I own the Corsair 230T case, with two 120mm fans mounted at the front for intake, and 1 at the back for exhaust. I am planning on switching out the back stock fan with a Corsair H80i, since the H100i will not be able to fit in this case (sadly). I was also thinking about maybe switching out the front fans with some higher quality fans since my PSU is not modular and rest of the cables I have tucked away under my hard drive so I don't know if better fans are needed. I can provide a picture if requested. As for the top, I was planning to get two Corsair fans or something, but there is so many choices and I don't know what is best. I am looking for something more on the quiet side rather than performance. I was thinking about the AF120's or SP120's but I don't really know since there is so many choices and I want to hear someone's opinion on what to get because I have very little experience in this area. Thank you !~
 
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Do you want to try these? I have 4 of these, and they're in different colors if you care about looks, it has 95CFM, which is higher than the Corsair AF120, noise level is pretty low too, has awesome lights :)

Have a look: http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/jetflo-120-blue/

or you can choose no colors if you prefer to use a little bit less power, I got 4 of them for my cpu liquid cooling, can barely hear a thing, even when my computer is under heavy load when I play my games at 4k max settings, keeps my cpu less than 60C, never goes above that.

Fina1234

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The case is not tall enough and I do not have enough room to fit a H100i in there. That's why my alternative is H80i on the rear and some exhaust fans on the top but I don't know which ones to get.
 

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Oh, I see, that's why, well I'll try to look into some of them and see if you like them.
 

-Lone-

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Do you want to try these? I have 4 of these, and they're in different colors if you care about looks, it has 95CFM, which is higher than the Corsair AF120, noise level is pretty low too, has awesome lights :)

Have a look: http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/jetflo-120-blue/

or you can choose no colors if you prefer to use a little bit less power, I got 4 of them for my cpu liquid cooling, can barely hear a thing, even when my computer is under heavy load when I play my games at 4k max settings, keeps my cpu less than 60C, never goes above that.
 
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Fina1234

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These look fantastic! Thank you, I will definitely get around to buying those. Quick question, if I run out of fan connectors on my motherboard, what do I need to do? or buy to be able to connect more fans? Thanks.

EDIT: Can I get the JetFlow's and replace the fan on my radiator?
 

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Yeah, sure, the H80i is 120mm, I did that with my Nepton 280L liquid cooling, just for the style, awesome lights when they spin. And I'm working on answering your fan connector question with a help of a friend.

Edit: Here's what my friend suggests: "Get a splitter. I think frys or tigerdirect carries them in store. I know Microcenter does if he has any of those around him."

I hope that helped.

Edit#2: Here's what you need if you run out of connectors

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200855&cm_re=motherboard_fan_splitters-_-12-200-855-_-Product