Need help setting up my fans for optimal cooling

Anton Grier

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I will have a case (Deepcool Kendomen - http://www.deepcool.com/product/case/2015-02/9_1721.shtml ) which comes with 5 preinstalled fans. There will be 2 fan mounts in the front, 2 at the top, and one in the rear.

I'm not sure how to set them up, i want to keep dust away from my case, so i'll need more intake fans than exhaust to create positive air pressure, to do that i'm thinking of having the 2 front fans, and the 2 top fans intaking air, although i feel like that will be too much positive pressure. Another way would be to take one fan out from the top of the case, having then 2 intake fans at the front, and 2 exhausts at the top and back together, i feel like it will be a much smoother air flow overall.

Any insight on this?
 

Anton Grier

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Since i only have 2 fan connectors on my board, i'll set the top 2 to a lower RPM, the rest will be %100, because they will be plugged straight into the PSU. I hope that will be good enough to keep positive pressure.
 

blasc

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straight to the PSU? I don't know what your motherboard is, but it will definitely have some 3 pin connectors for fans. Those connections are usually scattered around the board. check it out.