Zalman z12 plus additional fan placement

nebeninn

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Hi guys my first post here, but this community has helped me ever since i got my first PC :D

I was able to save enough money to buy components for my first PC build(btw I got my case but I will be waiting for CPU for almost a month since the store ran out :'( ).
I orderd and payed everything but then I realised I did my measurements wrong - orderd GIGABYTE GTX 970 G1 with this case but luckily I realised that soon enough so I was able to change my order :)
So i went with:

ASUS z170 pro gaming ddr4
Corsair vengeance 2400 2x8gb ddr4
Intel Core i5 6600k
MSI gtx 970 g4
1 TB Seagate SSHD
250 GB Crucial BX SSD
750 W Corsair CX modular 80+bronz
Enermax ets-t40f bk
and since MSI GPU was 10€ cheaper
I got a case fan Lepa.BOL 120 quiet PWM (it looks nice xD) and Arctic MX-4 thermal paste to cover the difference.

Now to my question:
Where should I mount this fan?
This case comes with one intake at the front and 2 exhaust fans(120mm)( one in the back and one at the top). It has 2 places left to mount a fan - one next to the top one(i think this would be another exhaust since hot air travels upwards) and one at the bottom of the case(i think this one would be intake?)

How the case looks:
http://www.zalman.com/global/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=778

Greetings from Slovenia
 
Solution
I would go for 2 and 2 to equalize the pressure some to much negative pressure will suck dust in from every place it can into the case.

nebeninn

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Nov 3, 2015
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thanx for confirming that, but i still dont know where should i put it, eg. is it beter to have 3 exhaust fans and one intake or 2-2...i guess it has to do something with pressure inside the case?