Do i have too many case fans?

maks_the_beast

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I have 6 case fans. 3 intake and 3 exhaust. On the intake side i have a corsair sp140 on the front, 80mm fan on the bottom and a cm bc 120 on the side panel. On the exhaust side i have a corsair af120 on the back and 2 120mm fans which are molex connected. My cpu has 2 fans: A fan from a psu that is really good but loud and a cm fan that came with the hyper evo 212. My cpu gets 38°c at idle and up to 55°c (amd fx 6300 4.3ghz) and my computer gets 36-38 at idle. Should i remove the 80mm as its vibrating and bairly makes no air same as the the 2 120mm fans and put one on the cooler. Would this change my temperatures and if someone knows a good led silent fan then please tell me and i dont have space for a fan controller or recommend me a non led silent and strong fan for the cpu cooler that is black unlike noctua
 
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Oh, here is another helpful article I had forgotten about: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Side-Panel-Fans-Are-They-Worth-It-102/
I would start afresh. I would remove all of the case fans except the 140mm intake SP and the 120mm AF exhaust and see what the performance was like and then look at adding and moving new fans to get best performance.

The 80mm is clearly surplus to your requirements and too small too.
 

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No, you need more fans... you will never get your computer to take off and hover like a drone unless you get more.

For actually cooling the computer, one or two fans sucking hot air away from the top of your case is all you need, even if your PC is overclocked. If you have two graphics cards, maybe you need 3 case fans
 

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So i would get 1-2 degrees diffrence after 3 fans. I might keep the cm fan and corsair fans and buy an extra corsair fan and the same fan on my cpu. Does anyone know what that fan is called though on the hyper 212 evo?
 

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Thanks ill buy that and a pwm splitter for the cpu. I might just buy 2 af120s as well and i will be sorted