Fan placement in a Cooler Master N500

teh_tjoppie

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Hi there everyone!

Situation
So I rendered my first 3D Model in Blender yesterday and after 10 seconds my PC felt like a furnace, even though I have 3 120mm fans!

My Question
How should I place my fans in this PC:
cooler-master-n500.jpg


It is a Cooler Master N500, which can support up to 7 fans which can either be 120mm or 140mm.
With my current fan setup, all the fans are situated to the back of the case.

  • One at the very back acting as an intake fan
    One on the side panel on the left acting as an intake fan
    One on the top acting as an outtake fan
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Another question
At this point I don't know if my Motherboard can support more fans and I'd be happy to know if a Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H can support more than 3 fans, but this isn't the real reason I came here.
 

teh_tjoppie

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Thanks, I'm saving up for a new CPU, so I wont be buying anything for my PC until I have an i7, so 3 fans will have to do.
How whould you place those 3 fans in my PC, currently all the heat is being concentrated towards the front side of the case.
 

teh_tjoppie

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Like you said, my MOBO only has 3 fan headers, how could I go about installing anew fan?
 

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