Help with Corsair 300R optimal fan set up

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radsc23

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Hello guys, i wanted to ask Who can recomend me fans for the carbide 300r, recently i bought a New psu seasonic and it has a hyvrid fan that im thinking leaving it on to increase its life time.

Now here is the set up i currently have

1x 140mm stock corsair fan front i take.
1x120mm artic f12 front in take (directly on hdd)
1x120 exhaust top front
1x120 exhaust back
1 cooler master hyper 212 evo for cpu with the fan aiming towards the front (thinking the exhaust on the top Will take that air out)

And the vcard Gtx 980 with acx2. 0 now it seems while it runs heavy stuff it goes a bit Hot or warm, not more Than 50C-55C,probably less, but i still have a slot on the top back and two on the side panel.

I have available where im cougar, corsair and cooler master fans, cougar and cooler master being the cheaper.

Im also willing to replace 120mm artic fans for 140mm if it improves.

Any recomendations?

 
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Those Demciflex filters go in front of your fans, outside of your case. Since filters have magnetic strip around them, it's that magnetic force that holds the filter in place on your PC's metal panels.

Under the spoiler is the front side of my 760T v2 black case and it's 3 variations when it comes to the filters.
Click on spoiler to view.
From left to right:
Demciflex filter + stock grille; stock grille; no grille.
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Your GPU temps are within reason and there's nothing to worry about.

As far as fan setup in your 300R goes, here's how i'd do that:
Front - 2x 140mm intake
Top - 2x 140mm exhaust
Rear - 1x 120mm exhaust
Side - no fans or 2x 140mm intake (to get more cool air in for the GPU)

Also, go with the same make and model fans for best balance between the fans. Out of the listed three, i'd go with Cougar fans since those are mostly high airflow and silent operation fans, compared to the Corsair or Cooler Master. Of course, Arctic fans are also good ones, just like Cougar and i've used several Arctic F12 fans for their silent operation, good airflow and very long lifespan. Oh, cheap price too.

While installing 5x to 7x fans in your PC may look like that you'd get extremely loud noise out of your PC, it's actually vice-versa. The trick is that the more fans you have inside the case, the less each fan has to work to maintain the airflow and the less noise fans produce.
And that is also a main reason why i have 7 case fans in my Skylake and Haswell builds. Mostly 140mm but few 120mm as well. Full specs with pics in my sig. Since i have that many case fans, i can keep all of my case fans spinning between 800 - 1100 RPM and thanks to this, my PCs are very quiet while still having proper airflow inside my full-tower ATX cases.
 
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Ok so What i should do replace all fans with the cougar 140mm except exhaust?

Was looking at this one, https://cougargaming.com/us/products/fans/cfd_blue_led_fan/

Side panel i do want to help the gpu and maybe it allow the gpu to not necessary have to spin quite as much same with mobo, its just i want to make sure dust dont entre as often or dont stay as much as it would without proper airflow
 
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The Cougar CFD140 blue LED fans you linked, both 140mm and 120mm have good specs and fan itself also looks nice.

I'll take my NZXT AER140 RGB fan as a comparison to the Cougar 140mm to give you some idea:

Airflow
AER140 RGB - 91.19 CFM
Cougar CFD140 - 73.18 CFM

Max RPM
AER140 RGB - 1500 RPM
Cougar CFD140 - 1000 RPM

Noise
AER140 RGB - 33 dB(A)
Cougar CFD140 - 18 dB(A)

In other words, my AER140 RGB spins faster, generates much more noise at max RPM and moves more air. Though, main reason why i have AER140 RGB fans is due to the eyecandy 8x addressable LEDs in each fan provide.

To protect your case from dust, you can use Demciflex filter kit. E.g this one, specifically made for your 300R,
link: https://www.demcifilter.com/demciflex-magnetic-dust-filter-for-corsair-carbide-300r-dust-filter-kit
video introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcJYl8UdPjw

Since i have Corsair 760T v2 Black case (Skylake build) and Corsair 750D AF Edition case (Haswell build) in use, i too have Demciflex filter kits for them in use to keep my PCs dust free. So far, i'm very pleased with Demciflex filters, since they catch even the finest dust, they are easy to clean and they are very easy to put on the PC and take them off again.
 
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2 front intakes, 2 exhausts is enough.

Swapping for 140mm won't increase cooling, it'll just decrease noise a little.

That top front exhaust needs moving top rear.

The 212 evo fan doesn't blow,outwards , it draws air into the cooler,through the heatsink & out the back.

A top front exhaust is actually fighting with the 212 evo fan for air.
 
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So cougar is a good option for me, also i Will Try to find the filters or similar to those, im quite noob on these but i suppouse they go behind the i take fans, dont they?
 
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Those Demciflex filters go in front of your fans, outside of your case. Since filters have magnetic strip around them, it's that magnetic force that holds the filter in place on your PC's metal panels.

Under the spoiler is the front side of my 760T v2 black case and it's 3 variations when it comes to the filters.
Click on spoiler to view.
From left to right:
Demciflex filter + stock grille; stock grille; no grille.
Hyj7iXX.jpg
 
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