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Is an additional fan on DRP3 worth it?

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Hey all. 

 

I'm about to order some case fans for my new build, which will be 4 120mm BeQuiet Pure Wings 2 fans, 3 intake and 1 exhaust. As stated in the title, I will be cooling my 8700k with a Dark Rock Pro 3, do you think it is worth adding another 120mm Pure Wings 2 or Silent Wings 3 fan to the cooler? It seems like the fan would be oddly close to my exhaust fan and not benefit cooling that much, but I'm kind of lost on what to do here.

 

Any opinions?

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I don't think you'll see any improvement from adding a third fan in there, maybe 1-2C at most. The additional fan can't generate more airflow than what it's already being fed unless it actually spins faster, making it for the most part redundant.

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7 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I don't think you'll see any improvement from adding a third fan in there, maybe 1-2C at most. The additional fan can't generate more airflow than what it's already being fed unless it actually spins faster, making it for the most part redundant.

That's along the lines of what i was thinking. Especially because then that third fan and the exhaust fan would be very close to each other, making it even more redundant. 

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