Hello, first of all, some context as to why I ask this.
My current case is the tempered glass version of the Phanteks P400. I bought it along with a Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi and Vengeance RGB RAM to bring my system into the "2017 age" and modernize it a bit. What I didn't think about was airflow, which, turned out to be god awful. Who would have guessed by looking at the front panel? Hmm... I put the two included fans in the top for exhaust and put two PWM Silent Wings 3 fans in the front. Currently, all fans are pegged at 100%, though the thing still gets to have a hotbox effect after maybe an hour of gaming. Lower temperatures are obviously appreciated, mostly due to the lower noise that comes with it. Silence is important to me, along with performance, though I realize I can't have the best of both.
In an effort to help this noise, I decided to get a new case. The Aerocool P7-C1, or Project 7...or whatever Aerocool wants it to be called. I understand the mesh front will let more noise out than my current P400, hence why I'm looking at fans. Running them at 100%, my current 120mm Silent Wings 3's are noticeable when doing general browsing and light gaming. I looked at 140mm options, since I had a previous system that used 140mm pure wings 2 fans for the case which were dead silent. I think for noise, those would be my best option. The P7-C1 supports two 140mm fans in front or 3 120mm fans. If I got the two 140mm fans, I would be putting them in the middle, because having an uneven looking front isn't very appealing to me, and if I went with 120mm fans I would be using all 3 fan slots.
I'm sorry if i'm not being super clear. I find it difficult to make things straight to the point. It's easier to speak in my head than to speak with my mouth.
1. Would putting two 140mm fans in the middle of the front create problems due to having open space above and below the two fans?
2. If using 3 120mm fans is the desirable option, do you have any recommendations on which models to pick? Looking for silence with reasonable airflow. Noctua puke color is out of the question.
If I do end up getting the 140mm fans, I'll just re-purpose the current Silent Wings fans to exhaust