Node 605 Air flow advice needed

JohannVI

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Hello guys,

I've got a Fractal Design Node 605 here with the following components:
- i3570k
- Noctua NH-U9B SE2
- Gigabyte Z77U-DH3
- Gigabyte 1060GTX G1 (I know for cooling a blower would have been better but I want it silent)
- Asus Xonar D1
- 4x4GB G.Skill Ares DDR3
- 1 SATA SSD Samsung EVO 850 500GB
- 1 SATA 3.5 inch WD Red 2TB

Now my question is about the Air flow as I would like to have the system as quiet as possible.
The case offers space for:
- 3x 120mm fan
- 2x 80mm fan

I have Noctuas for those sizes available, the only question is: which ones for intake and which ones as exhausts?

I know I should aim for pressure in the case but 3 big intakes and 2 smaller exhausts sound a bit like the 80mms would go bonkers (but I really don't know).
How about this that I found (courtesy of OlleTheGreat at Sweclockers.net) (I obviously don't have the two blowers like in the image but one aftermarket GPU cooler/non-blower):
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What would you guys recommend?

Looking forward to your answers!
 
Solution
I see no problem with doing 3 120mm intakes and 2 80mm exhausts. You're talking about all high quality fans and a very efficient GPU that isn't going to generate a lot of heat. Another option would be to reverse the 120mm right next to the 80mms and have that act as an exhaust. I would play around with it a little to see how it affected temps and noise.
I see no problem with doing 3 120mm intakes and 2 80mm exhausts. You're talking about all high quality fans and a very efficient GPU that isn't going to generate a lot of heat. Another option would be to reverse the 120mm right next to the 80mms and have that act as an exhaust. I would play around with it a little to see how it affected temps and noise.
 
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JohannVI

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Sep 25, 2016
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Hi!
I ended up working with the plan on the picture.

But I also finally ended up with taking the whole system out of the Node605 and back into the Define 3.
Reason: The system was just choking, gotten too warm and therefore too much noise for me.

Cheers!