Do I need more than stock fans for this build?

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phreilz

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Hi everyone,

I am taking reciept of the following components tomorrow and I will be building the system myself.

I was planning on just using the stock fans that come with the case (3 total) in addition to the CPU fan and see if I need to buy additional fans.

I will not be overclocking anything initially.

The build is:

Corsair Graphite 780T Black
4GB GByte GTX970 WINDFORCE3 OC
Thermalright Macho RevB Cooler
Intel Core i5 6600K s1151 3.5G

Do you think the stock fans in the case will be sufficient?

Thanks
 
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Sure. They should be fine.

What you want to watch is good airflow as opposed to how much airflow. Basically and equal amount of intake at the front, and exhaust at the back. Intake should be low (cool air is low) and exhaust at top (hot air rises). Front to back is ideal since the back of the computer is usually against a wall so intake at the back wouldn't work against a wall. Also the PSU and video card exhausts to the back so you don't wan't that hot air entering an intake at the back. That's why fans go from front bottom to back top.

Now 1 fan up front and an equal fan in the back would be fine. I would rather have just the 2 of a good fan rather than 4 or 6 cheap fans. A good fan will provide high CFM with lower noise...
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gondo

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Sure. They should be fine.

What you want to watch is good airflow as opposed to how much airflow. Basically and equal amount of intake at the front, and exhaust at the back. Intake should be low (cool air is low) and exhaust at top (hot air rises). Front to back is ideal since the back of the computer is usually against a wall so intake at the back wouldn't work against a wall. Also the PSU and video card exhausts to the back so you don't wan't that hot air entering an intake at the back. That's why fans go from front bottom to back top.

Now 1 fan up front and an equal fan in the back would be fine. I would rather have just the 2 of a good fan rather than 4 or 6 cheap fans. A good fan will provide high CFM with lower noise. Noctua are the best, but they are expensive, and not the prettiest of fans if you want something with LEDs.

Stock fans will work fine and you should be more concerned about using an aftermarket CPU cooler rather than the stock heatsink.
 
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Hello... if not Overclocking then you will be in The 60-70 for CPU... which is within spec... The fans come Free and worth trying... Try it out, and report back what Temps you get while working it hard.

Typically I build with front intake and rear exhaust, for non-overclocked speeds... and seems to be enough with an external exhausting GPU. Your GPU will be the Most heat producing hardware, and getting a fan near it to exhaust that HOT air is best for everything in your case.
 
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I'm not too sure, but it seems like you could manage to make it work, if you were to place 2 of your fans in the front of the case pulling the air inside and place a single fan at the back besides the IO to create an exhaust.

You do indeed run some specs with high power usage which possible create a problem. As long as you place your fans correctly it shouldn't really be a problem if you stay away from overclocking your skylake.

Hope I helped
 
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