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- Nov 28, 2015
This is the case I purchased for my first build: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811736002
What I did was install a 120mm fractal fan in bottom-front (pulling air in, fan rotating counter-clockwise), and then installed radiator fan on H55 (rotating clockwise blowing onto the radiator) and another fan between radiator and case (rotating clockwise) both are 120mm fractal fans, pushing air out of the rear-top - these are my exhaust. There are 5 ventilation "slits" at the top of my case to allow air to escape that route as well. My temps are excellent. My i7-6700k idles at 19-22C and under heavy load I run around 60-65C. R9 390 while gaming after an hour or two rarely gets above 75C. Because my temps are good, I know the way I have installed my fans is adequate. I have two questions.
Is the way I have my case cooling the ideal way to configure my particular case?
Why does newegg AND ibuypower both say that this case has a place for a third "side fan" when it definitely does not? The only places to install fans are the bottom-rear for the PSU, exhaust port at top-rear, and bottom-front intake port. The see-through side panel does not have place for a third fan, nor is there a place on the opposite side. I could probably mount a fan or two at the top of the case where the ventilation slits are, but that seems far from necessary.
I realize this thread could also have been started in the "Case and Case Modding" forum.
What I did was install a 120mm fractal fan in bottom-front (pulling air in, fan rotating counter-clockwise), and then installed radiator fan on H55 (rotating clockwise blowing onto the radiator) and another fan between radiator and case (rotating clockwise) both are 120mm fractal fans, pushing air out of the rear-top - these are my exhaust. There are 5 ventilation "slits" at the top of my case to allow air to escape that route as well. My temps are excellent. My i7-6700k idles at 19-22C and under heavy load I run around 60-65C. R9 390 while gaming after an hour or two rarely gets above 75C. Because my temps are good, I know the way I have installed my fans is adequate. I have two questions.
Is the way I have my case cooling the ideal way to configure my particular case?
Why does newegg AND ibuypower both say that this case has a place for a third "side fan" when it definitely does not? The only places to install fans are the bottom-rear for the PSU, exhaust port at top-rear, and bottom-front intake port. The see-through side panel does not have place for a third fan, nor is there a place on the opposite side. I could probably mount a fan or two at the top of the case where the ventilation slits are, but that seems far from necessary.
I realize this thread could also have been started in the "Case and Case Modding" forum.