Airflow design - need opinions

[melvin2345]

I have a Rosewill Destroyer case, and I'm adding/replacing some fans, as well as getting a NZXT Sentry 2 fan controller. I would keep the cpu fan connected to the MB header, with the other 5 fans on the Sentry 2. I have two thoughts right now as to how I want to handle the airflow, diagrams are below.

F stands for Fan, TS stands for Temperature Sensor

F1 = 1600 RPM Scythe Slipstream, Front-Bottom
TS1 = on the HDD

F2 = 1300 RPM Yate Loon, Front-Middle
TS2 = on the SSD

F3 = 1600 RPM Scythe Slipstream, Top-Front
TS3 = SouthBridge heatsink

F4 = 1600 RPM Scythe Slipstream, Top-Rear
TS4 = DIMM slot 2 heatsink

F5 = 2200 RPM Yate Loon, Back-Top
TS5 = NorthBridge heatsink

Or, rotate the 212 EVO...

It seems like a plan to me, but I'm open to any and all suggestions/comments/critiques.

 

[ahnilated]

Ideally you should have all the air coming in the front and going out the back. Sometimes this isn't possible so I would say picture 2 would be better then picture 1. You would get better air flow over the ram too.

 

[chesteracorgi]

Figure 2 is a better airflow, although it is probably only marginally so.