Fractal R5, possitive Air Pressure.

[Kameegaming]

So I am planning on changing my case from Zalman z11 plus to an R5.

Since I am moving the pc to college (250 km roadtrip) which is very dusty for some reason I need a very well filtered case with positive Air Pressure (Hence the coice of the R5).

The case comes with 2x140mm fans. Because of the moving and Aestethics I would like an AIO cooler for the CPU.

H100i GTX - 120 Euros
H80i GT - 100 Euros

Kraken x61 is 150 Euros which is a bit too much imo.

So the fan setups:

Option A:

     - Move the included rear 140 mm to the front.
     - Add two more 140 mm to the bottom (Noctua pressure fans for example.
     -H100i GTX to the top. (This means opening moduvents --> Dust from above)

Option A.2:
     -Instead of H100i, mount H80i GT on the rear exhaust (Moduvents closed)

Option B:
   - H100i GTX to the bottom (so I can keep a single hard drive cage hanging) with Noctua Pressure fans.
  - Included fans to the front.
 - One rear exhaust 140mm.

Option C:
 -H100i GTX to the front with noctua fans
 - Move included front fan to a bottom slot with the 3 slot HDD cage next to it.
 - 140 mm exhaust stays.

Option D:
 - Dark Pro 3 - 80 Euros

 - 2-4 Intake fans
 - 1 Exhaust.

Any opinions which would be the best setup?

    
 

[Fictionvl]

I don't even know what I'm saying never mind

[amp88]

I'd move the included 140mm exhaust to the front as an intake and add a new 140mm exhaust at the back (e.g. the be quiet! Silent Wings 2). You may also want to block any unused optical drive bays (as I did here) and put a small magnetic dust filter over the vented grill at the rear of the case, beside the PCIe expansion vents.

[Kameegaming]

I'd move the included 140mm exhaust to the front as an intake and add a new 140mm exhaust at the back (e.g. the be quiet! Silent Wings 2). You may also want to block any unused optical drive bays (as I did here) and put a small magnetic dust filter over the vented grill at the rear of the case, beside the PCIe expansion vents.

that is a quite expensive fan, Noise is not really an issue for me if that's why it's so expensive

[amp88]

that is a quite expensive fan, Noise is not really an issue for me if that's why it's so expensive

It doesn't seem that expensive compared to the Noctuas you suggested, in the UK at least.

[Kameegaming]

It doesn't seem that expensive compared to the Noctuas you suggested, in the UK at least.

I can get the Industrial version of Noctua fans for the same price here. (A euro cheaper for that matter)

[CostcoSamples]

I would go Option B if you really want liquid cooling.  For all air cooling, I like D, which is what I have in my system.  see my build log linked below.

[pmanftw]

I have the same case and my current fan set up is the two that came with the case at the front as intake, then my H110i GT AIO cooler as exhaust at top (removing two of the moduvents), and a noctua 140mm pwm fan with the low noise adapter, and not max rpm, as rear exhaust, I'm not completely sure if this will create positive air pressure or even if I helped answer your question, but this is what i'm going to do. I am hoping it wil create a positive environment because the rear exhaust won't be at full speed, and the radiator won't allow for as much air to be exhausted as just two fans would.

 

Good luck!

[Kameegaming]

I would go Option B if you really want liquid cooling.  For all air cooling, I like D, which is what I have in my system.  see my build log linked below.

I have a feeling the cooler will not reach from the bottom

 

I have the same case and my current fan set up is the two that came with the case at the front as intake, then my H110i GT AIO cooler as exhaust at top (removing two of the moduvents), and a noctua 140mm pwm fan with the low noise adapter, and not max rpm, as rear exhaust, I'm not completely sure if this will create positive air pressure or even if I helped answer your question, but this is what i'm going to do. I am hoping it wil create a positive environment because the rear exhaust won't be at full speed, and the radiator won't allow for as much air to be exhausted as just two fans would.

 

Good luck!

do you get lot's of dust from the top?

[pmanftw]

I have a feeling the cooler will not reach from the bottom

 

do you get lot's of dust from the top?

I'll let you know when I build it lol, still gotta get the PSU, but from what I have seen if you setup the fans for the radiator in pull, and every once a while when dust builds up on the radiator its easy to spray some compressed air to clean it out. I was also thinking about putting my H110i radiator on the bottom, but most likely won't reach, and it's not really aesthetically pleasing in my opinion.