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I was just wondering about fan configuration for the Corsair Carbide Air 540 case. 

 

I watched this video on LinusTechTips and he has the stock fans running on top as well as 2 SP120s in push pull underneath the H100i. This seems like it would be really effective. 

 

I just need some knowledge bombs about fan configurations as this is my first build. Where to put AF fans, where to put SP fans (120mm / 140mm) etc. As well as some suggestions on the best performing 'quiet' fans to put in there. I've heard the corsair fans are quite loud? There are lots of good reviews on the Noctua fans but their colours a pretty eek haha. 

 

Also I'm using a H100i GTX and planning to liquid cool the system eventually if that makes any difference.

 

Parts List so far: 

Corsair Carbide Air 540

Corsair HX850i 

MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition Motherboard

i7 4790k

Corsair Hydro H100i GTX CPU Cooler

EVGA GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB

BenQ XL2720Z 27" 144hz 

Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB 2x8GB DDR3

Samsung Evo 250GB SSD

WD Green 2TB WD20EZRX

Bluray / DVD / CD combo 

Card Reader 

 

Thanks. 

 

 

 

 

Corsair Air 540 - ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Z170 - Corsair HX850i - Intel i7 6700K - Corsair H100i Pro - Gigabyte RX 5700 XT 8GB - 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 - Samsung 860 QVO 1TB - Samsung 850 500GB - WD Black 4TB

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see this.

 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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I have x3 nf-p12 in front as intake,the back as intake with nf-a14(what I had in a corner collecting dust) and the h110i in the top as exhaust (push config) with x2 nf-a14 and it's pretty silent .

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see this.

 

Okay so 2 SP fans in pull on the H100i gtx. I'll probably do that as well as a 140mm exhaust at the back. Do you know if two 140mm fans at the front is better / worse than three 120mm fans?

Corsair Air 540 - ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Z170 - Corsair HX850i - Intel i7 6700K - Corsair H100i Pro - Gigabyte RX 5700 XT 8GB - 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 - Samsung 860 QVO 1TB - Samsung 850 500GB - WD Black 4TB

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Okay so 2 SP fans in pull on the H100i gtx. I'll probably do that as well as a 140mm exhaust at the back. Do you know if two 140mm fans at the front is better / worse than three 120mm fans?

two larger are better than three.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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Mine has three Cougar Vortex 120s in the front, an H110i with two Corsair LED SPs, and a Corsair 140 LED AF in the rear as exhaust.

 

Works very well - temps never get out of the 60's during stress testing, and 50's for everything else.

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Mine has three Cougar Vortex 120s in the front, an H110i with two Corsair LED SPs, and a Corsair 140 LED AF in the rear as exhaust.

 

Works very well - temps never get out of the 60's during stress testing, and 50's for everything else.

Awesome. I've never heard of the Cougar Vortex before. I've got a few months to go before I start the build so I'll definitely do some research on those. Thanks for the reply.  

Corsair Air 540 - ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Z170 - Corsair HX850i - Intel i7 6700K - Corsair H100i Pro - Gigabyte RX 5700 XT 8GB - 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 - Samsung 860 QVO 1TB - Samsung 850 500GB - WD Black 4TB

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