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Hey, what is the best spots and directions to put the case fans that come with the H500 NZXT?
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NZXT H500 Fan placement
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geofelt
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Nice looking case.
I like to concentrate on front intake capability.
If all the front intake is filtered, your parts will stay clean.
Your case supports two front 140mm intakes. I would buy two such fans.
140mm will move more air quietly than 120mm.
Whatever fresh air comes in the front will cool your parts, and exit somewhere removing heat from the case.
I would use only one 120mm fan at the rear to direct the airflow.
Yes, that means abandoning one 120mm fan.
If you use it as a second exhaust, it will draw in unfiltered air from adjacent openings.
OTOH, if you do not need best cooling, you could simply buy a second 120mm fan for front intaks.
And... whatever your cpu, buy a tower type air cooler which will have no problem with the 6.5"(165mm) available.
A stock cooler is fine if your processor is not overclocked.
Assuming you will overclock, buy a nice $85 twin tower air cooler like the noctua NH-D15s.
I like to concentrate on front intake capability.
If all the front intake is filtered, your parts will stay clean.
Your case supports two front 140mm intakes. I would buy two such fans.
140mm will move more air quietly than 120mm.
Whatever fresh air comes in the front will cool your parts, and exit somewhere removing heat from the case.
I would use only one 120mm fan at the rear to direct the airflow.
Yes, that means abandoning one 120mm fan.
If you use it as a second exhaust, it will draw in unfiltered air from adjacent openings.
OTOH, if you do not need best cooling, you could simply buy a second 120mm fan for front intaks.
And... whatever your cpu, buy a tower type air cooler which will have no problem with the 6.5"(165mm) available.
A stock cooler is fine if your processor is not overclocked.
Assuming you will overclock, buy a nice $85 twin tower air cooler like the noctua NH-D15s.
- Oct 20, 2018
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Hello @geofelt I just created an account to reply to this. I recently built a Ryzen 2600 + stock cooler + strix 1070 build. Using same cabinet with stock fan setup.
Right now the temperature is a bit high. I hope it's nothing to worry of. (cpu - 75 constant on load and Gpu - 70 constant on load).
I was planning on getting two 140mm deepcool rf 140 fans for intake and keep the stock fans as it is.
Is that going to be good setup?
Right now the temperature is a bit high. I hope it's nothing to worry of. (cpu - 75 constant on load and Gpu - 70 constant on load).
I was planning on getting two 140mm deepcool rf 140 fans for intake and keep the stock fans as it is.
Is that going to be good setup?
geofelt
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You are good.
Your temperatures seem nominal to me.
Graphics cards will target 80c. and do what they can using that as a limit.
You have more headroom there.
On the cpu side 75c. under load is ok. 85c. during a stress test.
Ryzen throttle and shutdown point is 95c, I believe.
One benefit of 140mm fans is that they push more air at lower rpm.
That lets you do a better trade off between lower noise or better airflow.
Really, you need do nothing.
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Thank. This was the exact answer I was looking for. I'm glad I find this post at on my very first search.
My room temps are around 25 - 35 degrees and this is like the coolest time here. So I was pretty concerned about the temps after a while when it's summer.
Also I idle at 40ish on both CPU and GPU (may be cause of the room temps).
btw like you've said, CPU even reached 85+ and growing on stress test which raised my concerns even further.
GPU kept constant 69 - 70 on furmark with moderate fan speeds.
Deepcool rf 140 - 2 pack is the fans I've selected. It seems to be a good choice available in My country.
Geofelt i have a question. I have the h500 and my pc is too damn hot... it makes my room a baking oven. I would like to cool it down so that I don’t have to game with the door open. What fans would you recommend to put in the computer and where. I would prefer for them to be RGB so that they can light up my pc and I willing to spend around $30-40. Thank You
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h3llr4iser
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If it makes the room warm, it means the heat is being removed effectively from your components and being transferred into the air
Using an even more efficient heatsink and fan might lower the temperature inside your case, but it will increase that of the air in the room - that heat has to go somewhere.
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