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So I took the plunge to rgb. Finally I can truly feel part of the pc master race, be the envy of my peers and pawn n00bs in epic style! I got the corsair 460x, ripped my system out of the old dark dingy second hand case of the past and looked ahead excitingly to a rainbow future. However, I soon discovered that each of the three sp120 fans need their power from connectors on the motherboard?! My b350m only has, one. Kill me. Upon this discovery, I was mortified. How did I not know this before? Google has no answers for me, so I turn to the ltt forum community, I finally followed linus' orders and totally joined. Plz help.

So this is my configuration: CPU: Intel Core i7 8700k CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S GPU: Asus ROG Strix GTX 1070 RAM: HyperX Fury Black 16 GB 2400 mHz Mobo: Asus PRIME Z370-P PSU: Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W Case: Zalman Z3 Plus Monitor: Asus VG248QE My case comes with 1 intake and 3 exhaust fans (with an additional slot for 1 more front intake fan). I am looking for a nice RGB fan to replace my stock ones and add an additional front fan. My Asus ROG Strix GPU has Aura sync RGB Lighting, but my motherboard has no RGB port. So my question is: Is it possible to synchronize the RGB on my GPU with the RGB on the case fans if they support Aura Sync? So far I've come upon two models case fans that I like and support Aura: CoolerMaster Masterfan pro 120 Deepcool CF120 Note that my GPU has the option to connect case fans to it.

So if i was to go with the 460X rgb, it will come with 3 SP120 fans for the front intake. Are sp120's good for general airflow? and would it be worth getting 2/3 more for the case? or should i get the non rgb version and just buy some HD120's or AF120's?

Hello LTT folks - I'm planning a build using the Fractal Design Define R6. The stock fan configuration seems "pretty good" but I was looking at options to improve air cooling since I may end up running an overclocked high-end processor and eventually 2080 or some other space heater inside the case. I don't think you can get 3x140 in the front especially with the 5.25 bay up top which I might actually use, so here's what I'm looking at: Option 1: Open top vents, no additional fans. Opening the top vents seems in some reviews to add some cooling performance with a minimal increased noise. I'm a little concerned that this will steal some air pressure focusing front airflow towards the CPU and out the back, but it does give me more space to exhaust air FROM and hot air rises (though fan airflow paths matter more I think) and the tests in the reviews I saw that did them did show better thermals with minimal additional noise. Option 2: Open top vent, 1 or 2 additional fans exhausting there. More noise from fans is a given, but here I'd be pulling air across the CPU heatsink negating some of my fear from option 1 (though this air is more likely to be warmer air from the GPU) and importantly providing some pull for hot air from the GPU up and away from the GPU which seems to be the primary area of airflow/heat concern with this case (hot air trapped between the PSU shroud and the GPU). Option 3: A bottom intake fan. This would help ensure positive air pressure and I can get enough clearance under/around the case for this, but this intake would be at a right angle 90 degrees with the front intakes. There are technically 2 spots for that, and there's a good, easily removable dust filter for them. I'm worried about cross flow messing with airflow making more noise or preventing air from moving back to the GPU intake if I use the frontmost slot - but there appears to be room to put one in the middle-bottom slot where this is less of a concern, maybe? This could pair nicely with option 1's top-vent, maybe get some bottom/front -> top/back airflow going to pull hot air away from the GPU? The bottom vents are visible here: https://youtu.be/LJNBcR46tYA?t=1277 Questions: 1. Should I be worried about right angle airflow creating more noise with option 3? 2. Should I be worried that somehow this will direct airflow up before it gets to the GPU, trapping more hot air between the GPU and PSU shroud? 3. Are these less of a problem if I use the middle-bottom slot as opposed to the front-bottom? I'm not 100% sure how usable that bottom-middle fan slot is with PSU cabling but I hope it'd work. I could also try the bottom-front slot and doing some kind of custom shroud that would sit at a 45 degree angle right over the bottom intake fan, directing that air backwards through the PSU shroud in the hopes that it helps drive airflow through the vents in the shroud that are right underneath the GPU air intake. I feel like that would eliminate my concerns about cross airflow if I had to use that spot. Not sure how much air would realistically exit that way but if I have positive pressure and the fan driving air in there, it seems it might help. My last thought is maybe this is all overkill and I should keep the solid top for acoustics, and just open the front-panel door whenever I'm gaming, since "removed front panel" seems to lead to so much better thermals... then shut it the rest of the day. Can't see the front-panel when I'm sitting at my desk gaming anyhow. Below here are details about some of my build plans and priorities to hopefully stave off some common questions I can anticipate that could change responses: I'm not really interested in other case suggestions unless you're SURE it meets or exceeds based on all of my priorities, so REALLY looking for feedback on case airflow options in that specific case. I've not BOUGHT this case already but my mind is close to made up on that so something would have to blow me away. Here are my priorities: 1. "Good enough" airflow WHILE maintaining very good acoustics. 2. Good build quality / features / flexibility. 3. Minimalist / clean design aesthetic - e.g. no RGB light pollution, prefer solid black, probably won't get the TG version even though I plan to take care for clean/pretty cable routing/etc. There are a minimum of 4 and sometimes as many as 5-6 PCs in my office and I spend the day on the phone, so acoustics are a higher priority for me than most people. Within that constraint, I want as much airflow for overclocking options and performance for when I'm gaming. I am conflicted but leaning heavily to air cooling because the best air coolers have comparable thermals, cost less, with less risk that a pump gets noisy over time or worse - so I have no radiator placement concerns to work with. I kept my current PC for like 6+ years and I'll be building 2 of these so I feel like odds are the AIO option's increased maintenance risk is too big a factor - more things to go wrong, higher potential for an expensive or involved repair. I expect to use a multiple-fan non-blower-style GPU. My PSU will be pulling air from below isolated from the case.

Hello! I'm looking to build a water-cooled system, and I'm looking at using a 280mm rad (45mm thick) to cool my CPU and GPU (according to EKWB, this is enough and I trust them). I plan to use PH-F140SP_BBK fans for my build, and according to their site, they have 1.33mm/H2O of pressure. I know that it's above 1.00, but is it sufficient for the radiator? Thank you!

Hey Everyone! I am looking to replace the stock fans that came with my AIO water cooler for noise purposes. When playing games and also when the system is under heavy load, the noise is still rather noticeable so I'm looking to find some affordable quiet fans with some RGB LED's. I'm looking into swapping out my case for a "Thermaltake View 71 Tempered Glass RGB Edition". I currently have a NZXT Noctis 450. As for budget, I don't have money to just throw everywhere but will happily pay more if it means quiet performance. Essentially, I am looking for any recommendations on the best, silent (if possible) aftermarket 120mm fans. Thanks for reading, Jack.

I am about to upgrade my current pc and i'll be changing the CPU, CPU Cooler (changing to an AIO), Motherboard and Case. For the case i have chosen the Corsair Crystal 280X RGB in White https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139130&cm_re=corsair_280x-_-11-139-130-_-Product The case includes 2 Corsair RGB 120mm Fans, A Fan Hub and Corsair's Lighting Node Pro. The CPU cooler i am purchasing is the Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 RGB. So my question is if i plug the fans the come with the cooler into the Corsair fan hub will i still be able to control the RGB affects of the Cooler Master Fans through Corsair's ICue Software

I installed my new case fans today, and in the accessories bag were these rubber things. What are they? There's more than pictured.

So I have just finished building my pc. Everything works but the 4 fans and the rgb strips that come with my case are not wroking. I have the NZXT h700i

Hi all, I have a Corsair Carbide 500R case, and I'm looking to buy a 140mm fan or two for the top. But I'm really confused... the 140mm fans I find are intake fans... the only way I could put them on top for exhaust is if I flipped them around and had them upsidown. And I doubt the cable would stretch or work in that position. How do I go about finding case fans meant to exhaust from the top of the case? Thanks

Hello everyone, I recently bought a asrock motherboard called: ASRock AB350M Pro4. Later on I found out that a just have two fan connectors on my motherboard and three 0,30A case fans that came with my corsair air 240. Nothing was clear about the maximum amperage of the fan connector on the motherboard could handle. The maximum amperage of the cpu_fan connector was clear and is written in the manual wich is 1,00A, but that wasn't the case for the case fan connectors. So does anyone have any clue what the maximum amperage is of the fan connectors from THIS motherboard?

Fans: Be Quiet! Pure Wings 2 140mm PWM (4-pin) Motherboard: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170-Gaming-K3-rev-10 Why aren't my case fans following the curve I set up in gigabyte's smart fan 5? It is also showing wrong temperature of cpu. Pic1: CPU fan showing 40c and following the curve normally as I apply load. Pic2: Case fan showing different temperature than CPU and not following the curve as I apply load. Pic3: Why does it show that my case fan max rpm is 879 even though it's rated for 1000rpm? Also why controllable range of 70-100% ?

Hi, so I've always been for 120mm fans for all of my NZXT S340 fans, I'm talking 2 120mm intakes, a 120mm at the top, and a 120mm at the back. I don't know why either. I'm wondering, are there any airflow benefits that I could potentially gain from converting to 140mm intakes? I would be going from 2 Corsair SP120 RGB fans to 2 Corsair LL140 RGB fans if I were to make the switch.

I'm helping a friend with troubleshooting some issues with his build, and one of the complaints is that both stock fans (one rear, one top) in his S340 Elite case have apparently seized up. No matter what the temperature is inside the case, the fans refuse to spin any faster than maybe one RPM. So after some effort spent trying to figure out a solution for the fans I've decided that it's time to replace them. Is there something I'm missing here or is it truly time to replace them? The case is a year old. My friend has barely enough money to spare on new fans, and he certainly can't afford premium fans at least for now. What is a good stopgap solution that people turn to nowadays? Has to be a 2 pack set of good low price case fans priced at preferably below $40 after California sales tax (~8%).

I want to add 2 140mm fans to the top of my case, but I don't know if they both will fit together. What worries me is will there be enough space between the fans. What do you think? My case: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/core-series/core-2300 Fans I want to add: https://www.bequiet.com/en/casefans/616

I have a Corsair Air 540 and am considering doing some mods to it. Current setup is a Cryorig H7 CPU cooler w/ a 7600k (OC to a MASSIVE 4.5ghz-Owen Wilson WOW.gif) and a 1060 6GB ROG Strix that hits about 2038mhz. I like to keep my temps around 50c on both GPU and CPU while gaming and I realize that's pretty low compared to other peoples' standards but yeah... Anyhow the current case fan setup is 3 120mm Corsair AF in front, 2 140MM AF in top and 1 140MM AF in the rear. The 3 120mm in the front will soon be replaced by LL 120s and so I'll have a few fans left over with nowhere for them to go. I was considering moving the two HDDs at the bottom of the case in the hot swap bay to the two 5.25 bays on the right half of the computer and rigging up two 120mm fans for the bottom of the case to feed into the GPU. Currently the only exhausts on the case are the rear top and rear of the case. Positive pressure is pretty pronounced on all the vents and verified with a smoke test except when the GPU fans are pushing 50% or so, in which case the bottom rear vents become intakes due to the rearmost fan scavenging for air since the front two fans rob any potential airflow from it. The picture is not of my computer, but has a similar fan setup to what I'm going for, albeit liquid cooled. If I were to go this route I'm curious as to how people would setup intake/exhaust. I would consider running top left, left, bottom, and FRONT bottom as intakes, and three in the top right as exhausts. Ultimately the goal is to quiet and cool the graphics card with case fans. There is a large amount of HDD noise because beneath the swap bays on the bottom is just a cutout. Not sure if moving that closer to me would be wise either, seeing as the case sits to my left.

Hi I’m wondering how bad negative pressure in your case is. I will have 6 and 3 intakes. Other than sucking in dust, is there any performances gain or loss between negative and positive pressures? Thanks.

I have the ID-Cooling DF-12025, three rgb case fans that have an rgb controller included to control its lights. I also have the Deepcool RGB 350 (RGB LED light strips). it also has an rgb controller included. My question is, will I be able to connect the rgb headers of both the case fans and led light strips all to one rgb led controller? So for example, I could connect my Deepcool RGB 350 light strips together with my ID-Cooling DF-12025 case fans' rgb controller. Could it possibly work, considering that they are of different brands? How can I be certain that its safe and is compatible to connect different components' rgb headers to one individual rgb controller?

I just built my first gaming PC, I have a problem where even if I'm playing a game my case fans won't spin. What i find strange is that the fans light up. 2 of them actually work (one on the back and the cpu cooler's one. I have the Antec nine hundred case and a b360 aorus gaming 3 motherboard. I tried to look into the BIOS but am not that used to this (just switched from mac laptop to a windows 10 tower) If you need any more information or me to look up at something just ask, am worried about temperatures going to high or something.

I have seen these case fans listed on the Cooler Master website and was looking into buying them for my upcoming PC build, however I was unable to find anywhere to buy them. Does anyone know something about these fans and where I could buy them from, I dont care if they have to be sent from a different country. I'm from Australia btw. Cooler Master MF120R A-RGB http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/masterfan-mf120r-argb-3in1/ Thanks for any help.

I am in need of replacing my pre-installed rosewill fans in my case that currently run off of the motherboard via pwm. I removed the 140mm fan from my case at the top because it was very loud and even then the 120mm and intake and exhaust are still fairly audible. I do own a noctua cpu cooler and have noticed those are great fans but currently i don't a big budget. Is it possible to get 2 120mm silent fans that will keep the air flowing on a low budget.

Hey all, I have the Phanteks Enthoo Pro computer case. I'd love to keep a balance of noise and thermals, but I'm not sure if I'm going about this the right way with the right fans. My case has almost all fan slots used. I used the Asus FanXpert4 to automatically create Silent, Balanced, Turbo and Full Speed profiles, as well as a custom profile that sets fan speed % to be the same as CPU temp. With the custom profile, the fans are decently quiet but internal thermals suffer somewhat. With the turbo, the thermals are better but fans are slightly louder. My girlfriend thinks the noise is fine. The case noise is blocked out when I'm gaming, but if I can hear the fans while web browsing, it's too loud for me. Any sugguestions, recommendations or ways to improve this setup? I've thought of replacing the two front fans with 140mm fans. Bigger fans should mean slower fan speed, right? I have my HDD suspended in the HDD cage via elastic bands, as my HDD was causing vibrations before. Front: 3 be quiet! Silent Wings 2 120mm fans for intake (One is mounted on the HDD cage, about an inch away from graphics card) Bottom: 2 SilenX 120mm fans for intake Top: 2 Fractal Design Silent Series 120mm fans for exhaust Back: 1 Phanteks 140mm fan for exhaust (came with the case) Guts: i5 4670s LGA1150 Haswell Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo with 2 Noctua NF-F12 fans Asus z97-A/3.1 ATX Gigabyte RX 580 8GB 8GB EVGA RAM 2400Mhz EVGA 550w SuperNova G2

Hello Guys, I am sure this was mentioned somewhere but i just can't find it. I have the EKWB P360 Kit with push/pull config using high static pressure EKWB Vardar F3 fans, Now I am looking for some decent 3 exhaust fans, and because i am a big fan of EKWB i was thinking of the Vardar F4, i know that the Vardar F4 is a high static pressure fan meaning that it is not optimized to work as an exhaust but when i look at the numbers is has a CFM of 77 and static pressure of 3.16 which surpasses some other high airflow fans like the Corsair AF120, and much cheaper too! So the question, will the EKWB Vardar High Static Pressure F4 Fans (3 of them, 2 upper side of the case and 1 rear) act as a good exhaust fans giving my above mentioned intake? (The case is Corsair 500D if it makes any difference) Thanks a lot folks

So I'm wondering what size of a liquid cooler to buy, looking between the NZXT X52 and X62? The thing is, I'm also changing the fans (Corsair LL series) and all in all the difference is $50 on the nose. I'm getting the fans early and I can get 3 140mm fans in a 2 pack and 1 pack for $180, OR a 3 pack of 120mm fans for $150. With tax and counting the extra $20 for the X62 over the X52 that's the $50 difference. Basically, is it worth the extra price? My case is a Corsair 750D so size is not an issue, but are there any benefits of a 280mm rad over 240mm other than like a few degrees celsius? Thanks for any advice!

I know what 4-pin and 3-pin fans are. Basically. 4-pin fans are controlled via PWM and 3-pins can only be controlled by voltage adjustment. But wait... if you can control them both, why do you need (or why would you want) 4-pin over 3-pin if 3-pin is cheaper? Is it easier? Is it more stable? Just curious. I'm trying to get the greatest value in air cooling for a Meshify C.