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Xarius2319
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Okay so i have the NZXT s340 Elite case, was looking on advice about the fans, i have room for 2 120 at the front, one 120 (exhaust) at the back and one 120 on top but no filter so should i have 2 exhausts or 1 on top and the back one as intake?

 

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12 minutes ago, Xarius2319 said:

looking on advice about the fans

Throw in some intake fans at the front, and exhaust fans at the back and top.

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thank you, also have a spare fan is it worth putting second fan on cpu heatsink or not really?

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17 minutes ago, Xarius2319 said:

thank you, also have a spare fan is it worth putting second fan on cpu heatsink or not really?

Yes I had a evo 212 I did that with.  Two fans on it and it worked the same as if I had liquid cooling.  You just might to open your side case panel when doing extreme stuff.  So like the guru said,  front intake blowing cool air into the case and a exhaust to push the hot air out and the top to push hot air out the case.  

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Thanks i figured it would be better so will have 2 fans intake at front, one on top and one on back as exhaust then a push pull on cpu heat sink 

 

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On 4/16/2019 at 12:22 AM, Xarius2319 said:

Okay so i have the NZXT s340 Elite case, was looking on advice about the fans, i have room for 2 120 at the front, one 120 (exhaust) at the back and one 120 on top but no filter so should i have 2 exhausts or 1 on top and the back one as intake?

 

Use 140s, not 120s, as they are much quieter. All fan positions in that case supports 140s, apart from the rear exhaust. So, ideally, you want two 140s at the front, one 140 at the top, and one 120 at the rear.

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