Do I need a fan for an open case and i5 8400, no gaming, only work

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Bruno Vincent

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I'm building with open case and wondering if I'll need a fan?

Also, another question, will open case be dusty and dirty? is it safe to run a machine like this?

 
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smorizio
you want fan on the bottom of the case pull air across the gpu/cpu and one fan blowing across your hard drive. some cases if there no airflow of a hard drive it can get the drive above 50c. I have the sides off on my case..if you have cats/dogs that shead your pc wil end up having hair pets. it will dust up...easy fix is once a year to blow it out from an air compressor.
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you want fan on the bottom of the case pull air across the gpu/cpu and one fan blowing across your hard drive. some cases if there no airflow of a hard drive it can get the drive above 50c. I have the sides off on my case..if you have cats/dogs that shead your pc wil end up having hair pets. it will dust up...easy fix is once a year to blow it out from an air compressor.
 
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You'll need a CPU cooler at least. You might get away with just that if the ambient temperature of your room is low enough. I would still consider some general airflow over all of the components. That should help with the dust too!
 
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