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Thanks for your input guy's Noctua it is.  :)

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Hello all,

 

My fan plan for my Define R4 with window:

 

2x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition in the front.

1x Corsair AF140 140MM QUIET EDITION in the top.

1x Corsair AF140 140MM QUIET EDITION in the back.

 

CPU cooler is Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler w/dual NF-P12 Silent fans.

 

Any better ideas or changes ?

 

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have the front Intake and the back and top exhaust

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2x AF120s in the top instead. I suggest you look at other fans though, The Corsair fans really aren't that great.

 

 

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Hello all,

 

My fan plan for my Define R4 with window:

 

2x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition in the front.

1x Corsair AF140 140MM QUIET EDITION in the top.

1x Corsair AF140 140MM QUIET EDITION in the back.

 

CPU cooler is Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler w/dual NF-P12 Silent fans.

 

Any better ideas or changes ?

 

Maybe get 2x120mm fans on the top instead, that is all.

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That's how my fans are configured; two in the front, one in the back and one on top. 

 

It's good to have one in the back as the heatsink will be pushing the hot air out that way, instead of two in the top.

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow; Motherboard: MSI ZZ490 Gaming Edge; CPU: i7 10700K @ 5.1GHz; Cooler: Noctua NHD15S Chromax; RAM: Corsair LPX DDR4 32GB 3200MHz; Graphics Card: Asus RTX 3080 TUF; Power: EVGA SuperNova 750G2; Storage: 2 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB; Crucial M500 240GB & MX100 512GB; Keyboard: Logitech G710+; Mouse: Logitech G502; Headphones / Amp: HiFiMan Sundara / Mayflower Objective 2; Monitor: Asus VG27AQ

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Hello all,

 

My fan plan for my Define R4 with window:

 

2x Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition in the front.

1x Corsair AF140 140MM QUIET EDITION in the top.

1x Corsair AF140 140MM QUIET EDITION in the back.

 

CPU cooler is Noctua NH-U12P SE2 CPU Cooler w/dual NF-P12 Silent fans.

 

Any better ideas or changes ?

 

I would suggest NB E-Loops, Gentle Typhoons, or Noctua's, the Corsair fans aren't that good, even the quiet editions are fairly loud and they don't cool that well. Also the Corsair Quiet Editions are almost as expensive and Noctua NF-F12 fans.

 

 

That's how my fans are configured; two in the front, one in the back and one on top. 

 

It's good to have one in the back as the heatsink will be pushing the hot air out that way, instead of two in the top.

Depends on how you orient your heatsink.

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Depends on how you orient your heatsink.

I bet he has it mounted horizontally. 

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I bet he has it mounted horizontally. 

Yes sir you are correct it will be mounted horizontally........

 

I was going to go with Noctua then sleepless nights of thinking about form over function :-) , made think colour scheme (Asus ROG motherboard). With the Noctua heat sink the centre piece.

But my be function should rule......

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How about......

 

2x Noctua NF-P12 120mm 3-pin, 1300/1100/900rpm - Front intake
 
1x Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140MM, 3-PIN, 1200/1050/900RPM - Back exhaust
 
1x Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140MM, 3-PIN, 1200/1050/900RPM - Top exhaust

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
                                                                                                                         - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

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How about......

 

2x Noctua NF-P12 120mm 3-pin, 1300/1100/900rpm - Front intake
 
1x Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140MM, 3-PIN, 1200/1050/900RPM - Back exhaust
 
1x Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140MM, 3-PIN, 1200/1050/900RPM - Top exhaust

 

 I have two NFP14s in the front, one NFA14 for rear and another NFA14 for the top. Works well for me.

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Personally, I kept the stock Fractal Design Silent Series R2 140mm fans where they were (i.e., 1 back exhaust and 1 front intake), added two more (+1 front intake and 1 floor intake w/ fan grill) for additional positive pressure, and I have two Noctua NF-F12 PWM 120mm fans on my top-mounted Cooler Master Glacer 240L in a push configuration that provides some additional exhaust. All the intake fans are wired up to the integrated tri-channel fan controller at a perpetual 5V, the back ehxaust is connected directly to the motherboard, and the Noctuas and my pump are connected to a Swiftech PWM fan splitter box and running on silent mode.

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Thanks for your input guy's Noctua it is.  :)

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
                                                                                                                         - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

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