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Define R6 Air Cooling - 6 fan setup

Brain_Exe

Hello everyone,

 

I'm going to build my new PC in a Fractal Design R6 with the following parts:

 

CPU: I9-9900k

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

GPU: MSI 2080ti Duke

Ram: 2x 16GB sticks

1x HDD

1x SSD

1x Nvme 

and 1x 5,25'' optical drive.

 

For cooling I'm going all in with air cooling. I'm thinking about adding 3 more 140mm fans into the case for a total of 6 fans.

Because I never had such strong and powerful hardware, I have a few questions.

 

a) is it even worth to upgrade the fans to get better temps?

b) what option is better, 4in/2out or 3in/3 out? 

 

Spoiler

 Stock configuration:

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 4 in and 2 out:

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 3 in and 3 out:

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I know that more fans mean more noise but I'm trying to find an aircooled build that can go from "fairly quiet and a bit hot" to "louder and cool". 

While gaming I'm always wearing on ear closed headphones so noise isnt my main focus.

 

What do you guys think is the best aircooled setup for the case?

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Hi,

 

if you're going for maximum cooling I'd suggest looking at the Meshify S2, unless you need all those drive bays of the R6

 

Also my experience with over the top cooling setups (albeit not in this specific case) is that the stock configuration is better in terms of noise, but ultimately also performance.

 

I'd recommend at most swapping the stock fans for something like Noctua or be quiet! down the line, but the stock ones are not at all terrible

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4 hours ago, Mr.Humble said:

Hi,

 

if you're going for maximum cooling I'd suggest looking at the Meshify S2, unless you need all those drive bays of the R6

 

I was looking at the Meshify S2 but i need the internal optical drive quiet a lot.

What I like about the R6 is that if you just open the door, you’ll almost get a S2 out of it.

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You can see how temps are before deciding on whether or not to get more case fans. 

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