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Is it ok to run with 1 case fan?

jjimmy_q
By jjimmy_q
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I'm waiting for my parts to come in so I can start building, I only ordered 1 fan since I spent my money on other parts but i'm planning to get more fans for now i'm just gonna use 1 fan. I want to know if I can safely game on my pc with only 1 fan, it's the Cryorig QF120 Performance fan. I don't plan on overclocking or anything i'm just using it to play some games.

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AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor
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Western Digital - Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB Dual Video Card
Inwin - A1 (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case w/600 W Power Supply

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You should be OK with that. Based on that Chassis and your config, I would install it currently as a rear exhaust since you have both the CPU and GPU dumping hot air into the chassis and just let it passively intake air from the bottom. 

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take the side panel off if you want more cooling

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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If I take off my side panel wouldn't it make my pc dusty?

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Yes, but just because you can doesn't mean you should.  As advised above, install the fan as an exhaust on the back of the case.  IMHO, if you remove the side of the case, it may, or may not, improve cooling because with the side of the case removed, the fan will pull cool air from outside the case without pulling the air from the cpu or the gpu.  Personally, I would leave the side of the case installed while making sure the fan was running at top speed to remove air from the cpu and gpu respectively.

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26 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

Yes, but just because you can doesn't mean you should.  As advised above, install the fan as an exhaust on the back of the case.  IMHO, if you remove the side of the case, it may, or may not, improve cooling because with the side of the case removed, the fan will pull cool air from outside the case without pulling the air from the cpu or the gpu.  Personally, I would leave the side of the case installed while making sure the fan was running at top speed to remove air from the cpu and gpu respectively.

As in I should max out the exhaust fan on the rear?

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