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Hi guys.
I'm currently building my setup. (i5-6550/RX480 Nitro+4Gb/H110M Gaming).
The case I'm getting (ZALMAN Z3 PLUS BLACK). It's very nice for the price, comes with 4 pre-included fans (One 4-pin molex and three 3-pin) and as a lot of room for airflow after mounting the whole components.It also comes with a 2-fan-control system. (Low vs High). I was wondering if the 4 fans pre-included are enough to have a good ventilation or if I should add another fan just to be sure.
The problem is that my motherboard only has room for 2 fans besides the CPU cooler.

The first option is getting a Y cable and put together the 2 fans on top on the same mobo header and, connect the 4-pin molex rear fan to the PSU and the remaining Front fan to the 2nd mobo head.

The second option is the same as the first but with adding one more fan (mounted at the front) and connect it along with the other front fan with an Y cable.

The third option is connection each top vent to the mobo and the front and rear fan directly in the PSU.

The fourth option is connecting them all to something like [urlExt=http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=526&area=en]this[/urlExt] and connect it to a motherboard head. I don't know if with this configuration the fans will be all runing in full speed or they will be controlled, with voltage, by the mobo.
I don't know if someone has any more options or advice. Can you advise me on what's the best way to put it all?
 
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hdmark
as far as adding fans, you should be fine with that setup. from what i understand... the way to test airflow is once your system it setup and running, take off the sidepanel. if the temps drop, you could use more airflow, if the temps stay the same, you have plenty of airflow through the case.

i would probably go with option 3. you would get a solid flow from the front to the back, and then the mobo could always increase the exhaust out the top if it needs more cooling.

although i think i would bump one of the top to the front. so potentially you would have 1 front and 1 rear witht he high/low of the fan controller. then 1 front and 1 top on the motherboard.
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Im not fan of the default Zalman fan choise, three exaust fan and only one intake one would give you a lot of negative pressure that will draw a lot of dust into the case (not to talk of lower GPU cooling)

I will switch to 2 intake (one, at reduced rpm conected to the psu and other conneced to the mb), and other 2 exaust (one exaust back conected to the mb and one exaust top reduced rpm conected to the PSU).
 
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as far as adding fans, you should be fine with that setup. from what i understand... the way to test airflow is once your system it setup and running, take off the sidepanel. if the temps drop, you could use more airflow, if the temps stay the same, you have plenty of airflow through the case.

i would probably go with option 3. you would get a solid flow from the front to the back, and then the mobo could always increase the exhaust out the top if it needs more cooling.

although i think i would bump one of the top to the front. so potentially you would have 1 front and 1 rear witht he high/low of the fan controller. then 1 front and 1 top on the motherboard.
 
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Thank you guys for helping me. Like @hdmark and @juanrdp said I think the best option is using 1 intake and 1 rear connected to the PSU. Change the configuration and add 1 more to the intake and with the remaining, on top, connect them to the mobo for direct control with the temperature measured!
 
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