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Hi everyone. As a newbie from the Philippines who just recently learned about the term "positive air flow", I need your expertise to suggest fan settings for my tower. In an attempt to not make this a very wordy post, here are some important things: Case is Trilobite T3-G (mATX) Front has fixed mesh cover Top has removable mesh cover Top can be mounted 2x120mm or 2x140mm fans. Inplay 120mm LED Fan (white) 6 pcs these fans do not change color these use 4 PIN MOLEX CPU Cooler is Segotep T6 I will only do light gaming and I will NOT do PC overclock. do I need to reduce the number of fans, especially the top? do I need to change those to 140mm? do I remove the mesh cover? My apologies for the images with doodle. I tried my best express what I can. and I'm very sorry for this newbie question. Thank you all in advance.
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iBUYPOWER Slate HAKO MR ARGB Tempered Glass Gaming Case Type Mid Tower Motherboard Support Mini ITX / Micro ATX / ATX / Extended ATX Cooling Support Front fan: 3 x 120mm (3 x Addressable RGB fans included) / Top fan: 3 x 120mm, 2x 140mm / Rear fan: 1 x 120mm (Addressable RGB fan included) Radiator Support Front: 120mm, 240mm, 360mm Radiator / Top: 120mm, 140mm, 240mm, 280mm, 360mm Radiator / Rear: 120mm Radiator Clearance GPU: Up to 380mm, CPU Cooler Height: Up to 169mm, PSU: Up to 190mm Drive Bays 2.5" Drive Bays: 4; 3.5" Drive Bays: 3 Expansion Slots 7 I/O Panel 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x Mic/Headset Audio Jack Front I/O internal header Dimensions 480mm (L) x 220mm (W) x 491mm (H) Side Panel Tempered Glass NZXT H7 Flow Mesh Front Panel Gaming Case - Black Type Mid Tower Motherboard Support ATX Cooling Support Front: 3 x 120, 3 x 140mm (1 x 120mm F Series Quiet fan included) / Top: 3 x 120, 2 x 140mm / Rear: 1 x 120, 1 x 140mm (1 x 120mm F Series Quiet fan included) Radiator Support Front: Up to 360mm Radiator / Top: Up to 360mm Radiator / Rear: Up to 140mm Radiator Clearance GPU: Up to 400mm, CPU Cooler Height: Up to 185mm, PSU: Up to 250mm, Front Radiator: 60mm, Top Radiator: 30mm, Cable Management: 18-22mm Drive Bays 2.5" Drive Bays: 3; 3.5" Drive Bays: 2 Expansion Slots 7 I/O Panel 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 x Headset Audio Jack Front I/O internal header Dimensions 480mm (L) x 230mm (W) x 505mm (H) Side Panel SGCC Steel, Tempered Glass -
Hi im new here so im not sure if anyone will see this lol but i was wounder if anyone can help me with airflow to help my GPU temps and also too see if i can fit my AIO on top of my case
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I am trying to put some ARGB fans in my NR200P w/ TG panel. I am currently between the Arctic P12s and the Lian Li SL120s. Out of your guys experience which fans are best for the following categories: 1) air flow 2) noise 3) max rpm 4) Aesthetics 5) price to performance
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Hi, this is my first post here, so hope there's enough information for you guy to help out. I've always been enthusiastic about computers, from the hardware to software and all everything works, so I've been playing with hardware for a while now, but still need to learn a thing or two ( or a lot xD) Right now, I was hoping to get some help improving my build, which I assembled. I think it's getting bottlenecked because I might have some air flow issues. In the summer, when I was gaming sometimes it crashed due to high temps, which I suspect having two reasons. 1st would be the case is too small or I overkilled it with the CPU Cooler and the 2nd would be because the room where I was (an attic with small window) would get really hot. Because its cleaning season, before I started I was hoping to have some tips where I could improve this system and why. (It definitely needs some thermal paste right now). Hope you guys can understand the photos. Country: Portugal Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Overwatch, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Witcher, Cyberpunk 2077, Service Studio - OutSystems (Programming Tool, very CPU/Memory demanding Chrome style), VSC My Build Thanks a lot P.S. Sorry about the cable mess. I suck at cable management...
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gpu fans Is it possible to change fan direction on a GPU?
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Does fan Positioning and rotation actually matter? On an ASUS GPU such as the RTX 4090 ASUS ROG STRIX graphics card, one of the fans is inverted to help with 'airflow turbulence'. 1. Is this actually effective, or just a marketing trick? 2. If it is effective, how much better is it over standard GPU fan positions? 3. Can a standard GPU be fitted to change the direction of the fan like in the STRIX should you replace the fan? When it comes to performance, every little bit counts. So is it even possible or worthwhile? An Asus ROG STRIX RTX 4090 . Notice the middle fan is opposing the direction of the other fans. An RTX 4080 Gaming X trio with the standard positioning for graphics card fans. Thanks! -
What case fans for air flow are best for this case? https://itunexx.md/en/components-pcs-and-monitors/memory-ram-hdd-cases/cases/sohoo-5911bk-case-atx-550w-black-60342
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Hello all. New to LTT forums and really enjoyed reading them so far and finally decided to sign up! I recently upgraded my gaming rig (built 6 years ago with the help of a friend) and reconfigured cooling and airflow. One of the changes is swapping out the AIO CPU cooler (Corsair H60 2013) with a tower air cooler (Deepcool Gammaxx GT). Another change was the adding back of all case intake fans removed by my friend when the PC was originally built (not sure why he did that) to introduce positive air pressure. (Case after upgrade) After I bought the air cooler I realised that, if I was to put back the intake fan blowing towards the cpu area, I wouldn't be able to install the cpu cooler as is because the intake fan and the cooler fan are in each other's way. I was despaired for positive air pressure (the other 120mm intake fan at the bottom was alrwady conflicting with the graphics card and had to be replaced with two 80mm fans blowing at a different angle) and really didn't want to remove said intake fan, so I took the other route and moved the cooler fan to the other side of the heatsink, essentially changed from a push configuration to a pull configiration. (Stock airflow) Now, I remember I read somewhere that pulling air through heatsink isn't as effective as push due to air pressure on the air-in/pull side being much weaker than pressure on the air-out/push side. Pulling air through heatsink will most likely result in air being sucked from the sides. I was worried, and ended up making a shroud to cover up the sides of the heatsink hopefully to force air to go "through" the heatsink. Stupidly, I forgot to log my tempretures before putting on the shroud, and now, even through tempretures seem normal, I'm wondering if this pull + shroud setup is actually doing good or harm; or maybe I should just give up on the conflicting intake fan and leave the cpu cooler fan as push? Would appreciate some opinions.
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With the imminent release of Ryzen 5 in April I have decided to replace my current build with a new Ryzen build. I will be using the Phanteks P400 Tempered Glass case and the CPU will be cooled by a Swiftech H240-X2. This case has the motherboard mounted higher than usual due to the full psu shroud making top mounting of rad impossible. My question is, with the rad mounted in the front of the case would it be better to use the rear three fans as intakes and blow all the air through the front, possibly sacrificing CPU temps due to already hot air being pushed through the rad, or still use the front as an intake and introduce warm air into the system rather than cold air? Full proposed build: -Ryzen 5 1600x(with a moderate overclock) -Asus Strix RX-480 OC 8GB -Asus Prime B350 Plus Motherboard -Swiftech H240-X2 -16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB -Evga Supernova 750 G1 -3 additional Noctua 140mm A-14 PWM fans for the back and the pre-installed fans on the AIO (Not sure if necessary but will give a good idea of the heat and cooling solutions I will be working with)
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Hello, I've decided and been recommended to purchase the NZXT Kraken X61 AIO liquid cooler, see here. However, upon researching the product it appears the fans are too loud YT VIDEO (@3.30). I've decided that I'll choose 2x Corsair Air Series AF140, see here to replace the fans on the radiator. Do you believe this will be a better alternative and has anyone here personally used the AF140 and has some suggestions. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
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So, my brother had a case that was dust magnet/heat box so i thought to make him a good looking case out of a 10-15 years old case we had laying around. After some cutting, drilling,scraping, painting, making mistakes, doing a lot of things wrong i got something that looks nice and quiet, but i still have some work to do and need some help. 1. I can touch back and top ( in this case bottom) side of psu that has a fan, and it is as cold as i would expect but i can't touch the side that has the components on it. I made psu sit on the bottom and take air from under the case, through big hole and some mesh and i'm wondering since it sits on top of a desk is it enough to cool itself? 2.Biggest question: I have 3 case fans and they are taken from some old psus. They have only 2 wires and are connected to molex 5v, but all 3 are not the same speed. As they are mounted now, fastest is in the back(exhaust), 2 in the front(intakes) but there is negative pressure in the case and air is coming back in through the pci slots and around the back side cracks. Since i am yet to add some intake filter(most likely pantyhose(or whatever they are called, sorry, english is not my first language)) i am afraid that it will make even bigger negative pressure, i am thinking of taking the strongest and 2nd strongest fan as intakes in the front and putting the slowest in the back making some positive pressure. I am wondering what are the cases in which hot air is trapped in the case so i can avoid that? 3. Since this is ultra low budget mod i was thinking of using pantyhose(try-on socks, women socks what ever they are called) over intake fans as dust filters. Are they any good, how much they obstruct air flow and is there better as cheap solution? This is the case in question that i'm talking about, note that there is clear plexiglass in front of intake fans that is yet to be painted or something.
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So im new to pc building and im wondering how can i achieve a positive or neutral air flow in my Phantex Enthoo Evolv. I want to put as many RGB led fans as possible. The case supports 2x 140mm in the front, 2x 140mm in the top, 1x 140mm at the back, 3x 120mm in the front, 3x 120mm in the top, 1x 120mm in the back. Im planing on putting a 120mm radiator at the back. So what combination of fans would get me positive or neutral airflow and use as many fans as possible.
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This is going to be a lengthy 3 part question because I need to know what fans I should replace, and are the current fans I have the right ones I should have gotten so just bare with me here. For reference, here is the current air flow state. I have done testing and found this was the best for my system. http://prntscr.com/d7cxh3 My Case is the Corsair graphite 760T case, which by the way is amazing! I have 2 140mm Noctua NF-A14 2000RPM fans that are the intake in the front. I think I understand Static pressure vs air flow but I wasn't sure if the NF-A14 is the right one to use as an intake fan when I have 6 hard drives against the fans as the cool air comes in. My next question is, I have one 120mm Corsair AF Blue LED fan, 1500RPM which to me seems like such a weak fan, and most of corsairs AF fans were junk to me as they move so little air altogether. I'd like to replace the bottom fan that can pull more air from the floor and push it up through the case so my GPU actually gets more cooling air from the bottom of the case. I know Noctua is a very well respected company for fans and I didn't know which fan from them to get or what other brand, if even Corsair has something better, I should get to replace that bottom fan. My 3rd question. I have the Artic Freezer i30 CPU cooler that is really good and does keep my CPU happy on the cooling side. But what I hate about it is the quality of the fan is really bad and I've already had to email Artic to send me a replacement but months later the fan is starting to make noise again. It has a cover piece that clips onto the metal cooler and takes 120mm fans so I'd like to keep the cooler but replace the fan. So again which brand should I get to replace the fan with a better quality fan. Thanks in advance!
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Hi, guys.... So this is going to be a dumb post but bear with me. I'm getting a Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX TG edition case and i wanna know what the best fan config is for it. This is what i was thinking. An AIO cooler for the CPU at the top, which is 2 * 140mm fans . (dual Corsair SP140 exhaust) -yeah i think i prefer the radiator at the top not the front. One fan at the back (Corsair AF140 exhaust) at the front, you have room for dual 140 (which can be put on the top 2 slots or the bottom 2 slots but you can't have 3 140mm fans) or triple 120. Now for the front is where my problem comes in. as you might know in this case the hard drive cage is at the bottom of the case so half your bottom fan is going to blow down there. My question is, should i put 3 120mm fans or two 140mm fans in the bottom two slots? (All Corsair AF and all intake) Also in Linus's video The Most Popular PC - Viewer's Choice Nov 2016 (check it out if you haven't) he mentions that we should be buying Corsair's SP fans because they are better all round. what does this mean? are SP's better for air flow than AFs? i'm confused. Should i just buy all these fans as SPs? coz the only SPs i was gonna buy are for the AIO cooler (which by the way I've decided to go with the NZXT Kraken X62) also please note that my graphics card is either gonna be a Gigabyte G1 Gaming 1080 or an ASUS GTX 1080 Strix or an EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Gaming (side note--- which of the three should i get? lol) all airflow intensive cards. help?
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Looking to upgrade from my Phanteks P400 since I find its front panel airflow a little too restricted for my taste. Thought about getting a case with tempered glass too. I've done a fair bit of research on these cases, especially the Evolv ATX, but I would still like to hear from anyone with firsthand experience. The price of the Evolv is probably the highest I'm willing to spend for a case. -
Hey fellas, I live in Chennai, India. Ambient temps will be around 30c-35c during non summer time, and easily 35c+ during summer easily, wanna keep my components cool as much as possible. lemme know which of the fan setup is better for the time being, looking to replace fans. In my opinion my current setup doesn't exhaust well good at top coz of low air flow pressure of Phanteks stock 120mm fan and the case's top dust filter and honey comb (mesh) structure which is at top, after few hours of gaming the dust filter gets warm, the dust filter doesn't get this much warm when i had 2*120 mm Cooler Master SickleFlow X as top exhaust. And I bought 120 mm Cooler Master SickleFlow X's without thinking abt cfm of these and static pressure, coz of intake restriction p400 got, only small slits to intake at front of the case. Current fan setup: 3*120 mm Cooler Master SickleFlow X as intake and 1*120 mm Cooler Master SickleFlow X as rear exhaust, and 2* Phanteks stock 120mm fans as top exhaust. Previous fan setup: 2*120 mm Cooler Master SickleFlow X as intake and 1* Phanteks stock 120mm fan as front intake. 2*120 mm Cooler Master SickleFlow X as top exhaust. 1* Phanteks stock 120mm fan as rear exhaust. Need fan suggestions which is perfect for my P400 build CPU Intel i7 6700k Motherboard Asus Z170 Pro Gaming RAM 1*16 GB DDR4 2400 MHZ GPU nVidia EVGA GeFore GTX 770 SC (soon to be upgraded) Case Phanteks P400 Storage 1*7500 RPM 2TB HDD WD Black PSU Seasonic M12II-850 Fan suggestions: Best 120mm which I can mount on my front to draw as much air as it can from the slits. Best 120mm/140mm fan at rear exhaust to push as much air out of my case. Best 120mm/140mm fan at top exhaust to push as much air out of my case and air filters. One more doubt all say CM's JetFlo 120mm which has around 95 cfm is inferior to Noctua's 120mm whose cfm is 55-65. higher the cfm means it can allow more air flow right? Enlighten me, Ty in advanced.
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So just got a Coolermaster storm trooper (window) and was wondering what people think of the air flow setup I currently have. https://m.imgur.com/a/WExTN (Illustration of fan config) The red are normal fans (2000 rpm) Top two hreen is where the radiator is located and fan placement Other green (under gpu) is normal fan All fans are 120mm And yes, there is a fan under the gpu... I got creative. Anyhow would this have good airflow or can someone give me some opinions how to fix it?
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ok i need 2 fans one will have a hard drive cage in front of it the other will not have anything there. what fans are optimal? btw they are 140mm 1 air flow and 1 pressure, 2 air flow or 2 air pressure i would like a semi-quick response since i am going to buy the case and the fans in ca a week
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I was talking to a friend about some Rosewill fans that I got to put in my case, and as we got to talking about airflow I realized that the fan on my Hyper 212 EVO was pulling air through the heatsink ( I think that is the direction of the flow) and the case fan on the other side of that heatsink was pulling as well and they have been fighting each other. I know they should both flow the same way, my question is should I leave the fan on the side of the heatsink it is currently on and reverse airflow or should I put it on the opposite side of the heatsink? Actually I just realized that the clips are only on one side of fan so I can't do that. NEW question, I see a lot of pics with the fan on the side of the ram, covering it up. Isn't the air pulled through the heatsink by the fan and pushed into the case? If that is so and my case fan on the back is exhaust aren't they fighting each other? I am not at home or I would be investigating this stuff, I am at work entertaining myself on Linus' forums! Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hello world! Happy new year! I have this NZXT H440 (white) with this positiveness air flow (attached below). The ones coloured in purple is currently blank at the moment, I want my components to stay cool as I want then to last. Would I be wasting my money by filling those with fans? If not, what fans should I buy and should the air going inwards into the case or out? Many thanks! (Apologies for the crappy MS Paint diagram)
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I recently bought a coolermaster k380 case and since it isn´t a very common case I wanted to gather some thoughts about which type of fan I should use for every spot possible. I attached a picture of the case FYI.
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So I have an Full Tower atx Endermax and two 12cm fans. I don't have a psu so the only heat is the CPU and ram. Also my psu fan is face up because I keep my PC on the carpet. Can an some one help me with fan placement (minimal dust)? capturedvideo.MOV
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Objective: Highly Optimized Low Budget PC Low power consumption Run office application fast Dust free & Efficient airflow fiber glass case attached under desk Build : Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Pentium G3240 (2 Core 2 Thread) @ 3.10GHz 3MB Cache CPU Fan Intel Original CPU Fan Thermal Compound Cooler Master V1 IC Value RAM 4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 698MHz (10-10-10-25) Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H81M-CS (SOCKET 1150) Display LG IPS FULLHD (1920x1080@60Hz) Graphics Intel HD Graphics Storage 59GB TS64GSSD370S ATA Device (SSD) 931GB StoreJet Transcend USB Device (USB (SATA)) PSU 450W Power supply Issues : Over heat detected in system ( See log files attached ) The system temperature was tested using Speccy, HWMonitor and Crosair Link. Found 104 °C ~ 106 °C temp reading on motherboard. But I cannot find anything unusual inside the system. ( URGENT HELP NEEDED ) Airflow planning is not going well ( See image file ) Need to plan dust free case setup HWMonitor.txt SPECCY.log
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Let me explain myself. I am going to build myself a new gaming PC and have every part picked out. However I am just trying to make sure before ordering the parts that my systems airflow is optimized as much as possible. From what I understand neutral airflow is the goal, but positive airflow is preferred over negative. I decided to go with a CPU fan air cooler instead of an AIO liquid cooler. My question is do I have to factor in my CPU cooler with my exhaust fans when calculating my intake to exhaust ratio or does it not really impact anything? Thank you!
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I just built a PC and am planning to upgrade to a Noctua nh-d15s. I am using RTX 2070 with an open air design. Because the nh-d15s is very big, I am worried about the following: Will the GPU temps be affected? Will CPU temps increase because of the hot GPU? How should the fans be configurated? (see pic). I am living in a polluted and dusty city, so I have installed pretty restrictive air filters in the front of the case. Should the top fans be exhaust or intake or a mix of both? How many top fans do I need? (I need to keep the air pressure positive inside the case, so I was hoping 1 would be enough) Where should I place the fans on top? (should i place it just above the noctua, won't it pull hot air from GPU through the fins?) PS: I am new to PC building.
