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At the very least, 1 exhaust fan and 1 intake fan. I myself have more case fans in the case than it officially supports which is a bit crazy for an all air cooled build, but even then just 1 exhaust fan is not enough.

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So I got the Phanteks Eclipse P350X recently, and apparently it only came with one 3 pin fan. The fan has been preinstalled in the rear exhaust slot, but I was just wondering if I should aim for a second fan for intake or if one would be fine for a Pentium G4560 + GTX 1050 system (and no, I don't intend to overclock anything). I know very well that some quality fans aren't too expensive for the setup. Thanks in advance.

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The more the merrier... I am a firm believer in populating all the fan slots, or as many as you can.. the more air flow the better A) Thermally (usually) B) lower noise levels as you can run them at lower levels. 

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At the very least, 1 exhaust fan and 1 intake fan. I myself have more case fans in the case than it officially supports which is a bit crazy for an all air cooled build, but even then just 1 exhaust fan is not enough.

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The single exhaust should already be enough but adding an additional front intake would help. I recommend seeing how temps are with the stock cooling first before deciding on whether or not to get new fans. 

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Edit: Just noticed woodenmarker's post. Yeah, I'll give it a shot. I have a spare fan lying around here that could work. Also 3 pin though and is a bit noisy.

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So, from 2 fans to 1 fan, theres about a 2-4 degree difference in CPU temperature (from 28-31 to 30-33) and the GPU is about a 3-4 degree difference (26-27 to 29-30). This is with all panels (front panel, side panels, etc) installed. This is based off HWMonitor and only when I have it and 2 browser tabs open (as well as some background processes.)

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11 hours ago, Challenger525533 said:

So, from 2 fans to 1 fan, theres about a 2-4 degree difference in CPU temperature (from 28-31 to 30-33) and the GPU is about a 3-4 degree difference (26-27 to 29-30). This is with all panels (front panel, side panels, etc) installed. This is based off HWMonitor and only when I have it and 2 browser tabs open (as well as some background processes.)

You should run some benchmarks to see load temps. Those are what matter more afterall. Your GPU will benefit from intake fan most.

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Well, after everything (including some benchmarks), I decided to go for a 1 intake 1 exhaust setup for now, but will probably get more fans in the future. Should be ok for now.

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