1x140mm front and 1x120mm bottom or 2x120mm front for NZXT Phantom 410?

kosamchetoo

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I have NZXT Phantom 410 and will be buying a new fan (Noctua NF-F12 or NF-A14) IndustrialPPC-3000 PWM. What will be better? To get 140mm on the front and move the stock 120mm fan to the bottom or get 120mm fan and place it above the stock fan on the front? The two fans cost almost exactly the same.
 

bob0011

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Well 2 fans at the front will be better, as the fans at he bottom get restricted from the ground, it also depends were else you have fans in the case and the setup of things like the CPU cooler and GPU cooler.

Tho overall would be 2 case fans on the front.

Hope this helps
 

bob0011

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2 fans on the front are probably your best bet for your setup,

Good luck
 

bob0011

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70 degrees is not unusually high, i would start to worry if it started to get up to 80 to 85 degrees.

A fan on the bottom would help a little with GPU temps a little but only by a few degrees, maybe look at your GPU fan curve, changing this should help with your GPU temps but incresase your fan noise.

Honestly if your GPU is reaching 70 Degrees under max load, e.g. stress tests. Then you have nothing to worry about, and that's without knowing your card type e.g. my GTX 970 reaches a max of 69 degrees.
Hope that answers your questions.