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Question about airflow on Phantom 530

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April 19, 2014 6:39:42 PM

I have a question if anyone could help me out. I am buying a Phantom 530 for my system that I use as Server/HTPC. I will be using all 6 hard drives slots. What setup would be better for me? Should i keep the 200mm fan in the front or should I move it to the top and put two 140mm fans in the front? Thanks

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April 21, 2014 12:56:36 AM

I was gonna weight the flow to the rear/exhaust but after looking at the case and where the HDD slots and fan mounts are I would go with the below for max airflow over the hub of disk drives:

2 x 140 at the front intake
1 x 200 at the rear exhaust (not the top - rear fan will give you better airflow coverage in the case)

I'm guessing you have a separate cooling solution for the CPU in this system too?
April 21, 2014 5:37:28 PM

tracebusterbuster said:
I was gonna weight the flow to the rear/exhaust but after looking at the case and where the HDD slots and fan mounts are I would go with the below for max airflow over the hub of disk drives:

2 x 140 at the front intake
1 x 200 at the rear exhaust (not the top - rear fan will give you better airflow coverage in the case)

I'm guessing you have a separate cooling solution for the CPU in this system too?


Thanks for the reply I was thinking the same thing with the 140's at the front because they would cover all the hard drives. But the 200m will not mount on the back only a 140 on the back thats why I said the 200 at the top.
I have a nzxt respire t40 for the cpu but was thinking of going with a AIO water cooler if i decided to add a graphics card.

Thanks
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