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The cooler master h500 - do I need more fans?

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Hi.  I am building my first pc.  It will be used for gaming and streaming to twitch.  I have an i9 9900k and evga 2080ti black edition 2 fan gpu.  I plan to do moderate overclocking of the cpu.  I have bought a cooler master h500 case and I have a noctua nh-d15.  I will use the mesh front panel for the case.  The details on the case listed that it has two 200mm RGB fans that come pre-installed.  I assume those are the two fans in the front right?  It looks like it has one 120mm fan in the back though that was not listed.

 

My gaming and streaming sessions are likely to be 8+ hours long.  I do not want temperature inside the case to be a problem.  Do I need more fans?  If so then what do you recommend?  Thanks!

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3 minutes ago, webguy said:

the two fans in the front right?

yes

 

4 minutes ago, webguy said:

t looks like it has one 120mm fan in the back though that was not listed.

Hmm I can see from the official site that it has a 120mm black fan at the back

 

3 minutes ago, webguy said:

 Do I need more fans? 

preferably yes.  A pair of matching 200mm RGB fan or Noctua NF-A20 are both good options

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

yes

 

Hmm I can see from the official site that it has a 120mm black fan at the back

 

preferably yes.  A pair of matching 200mm RGB fan or Noctua NF-A20 are both good options

Thank you.  Yes it looks like it does have the 120mm in the back.  The front has two 200m rgb fans.  You mentioned I should maybe get two extra 200mm fans.  It looks like it says there is room in the top of the case for 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm or 1 x 200mm.  Since it only has room for 1 200mm fan in the top do you think that is the best option then?  I heard that noctua are really good fans.  I like that one you listed.  Do you think that the one noctua would be good then in the top?  Would that be intake or exhaust?  Thanks.

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4 minutes ago, webguy said:

Thank you.  Yes it looks like it does have the 120mm in the back.  The front has two 200m rgb fans.  You mentioned I should maybe get two extra 200mm fans.  It looks like it says there is room in the top of the case for 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm or 1 x 200mm.  Since it only has room for 1 200mm fan in the top do you think that is the best option then?  I heard that noctua are really good fans.  I like that one you listed.  Do you think that the one noctua would be good then in the top?  Would that be intake or exhaust?  Thanks.

official site says it can mount 3 120mm, 2 140mm or 2 200mm.

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Just now, Jurrunio said:

official site says it can mount 3 120mm, 2 140mm or 2 200mm.

I think that is in the front where there are already 2 200mm fans.  It says for the top it is only 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm or 1 x 200mm.  Would 2 x 140mm fans move more air and cool more than 1 200mm fan?

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1 hour ago, webguy said:

I think that is in the front where there are already 2 200mm fans.  It says for the top it is only 2 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm or 1 x 200mm.  Would 2 x 140mm fans move more air and cool more than 1 200mm fan?

I'm now officially blind. Get a pair of 140mm then, more airflow than using other size of fans

 

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I'm now officially blind. Get a pair of 140mm then, more airflow than using other size of fans

 

Haha thank you.  These should be exhaust then right?  The two 200mm in the front are intake and the 120mm on the back is exhaust so I would think the fans in the top should do exhaust to help more hot air out of the case right?

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25 minutes ago, webguy said:

Haha thank you.  These should be exhaust then right?  The two 200mm in the front are intake and the 120mm on the back is exhaust so I would think the fans in the top should do exhaust to help more hot air out of the case right?

top exhaust could make it into a negaive pressure system (more air pushed out than sucked in) increasing dust build up, but top intake will make it positive pressure which limits max airflow. It's your call.

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Try it with the stock fans first and see how it is ? You can always add more fans later if need be. It is not like it is going to overheat with that default setup.

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On 3/29/2019 at 2:02 AM, Jurrunio said:

top exhaust could make it into a negaive pressure system (more air pushed out than sucked in) increasing dust build up, but top intake will make it positive pressure which limits max airflow. It's your call.

Thank you.  Would the two 140mm top exhaust be better cooling then?  I do not mind extra dust that I will clean out from time to time if it is better temperature and air flow wise.

 

On 3/29/2019 at 9:15 AM, lee32uk said:

Try it with the stock fans first and see how it is ? You can always add more fans later if need be. It is not like it is going to overheat with that default setup.

Thank you.  I am worried with how much heat the 2 fan gpu will have so I am trying to get the best air flow I reasonably can.

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I now think that adding two 140mm exhaust fans in the top would be the way to go here unless someone tells me that is a bad idea.  That would give me two 200mm intake fans in the front and one 120mm exhaust fan in the back and two 140mm exhaust fans in the top.

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1 minute ago, webguy said:

Would the two 140mm top exhaust be better cooling then?

yes

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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17 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

yes

Thank you.  I think I may do one 140mm or 200mm to keep it to more of a positive pressure than negative.  Thanks.

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