Corsair Fans

[woody30]

Hi,

 

So I ordered a twin pack of corsair 140mm pwm fans and was wondering what would be optimal placement for them when they arrive, the fans in case now is what come with corsair carbide 678c case

 

[bellabichon]

Is your current config 1 intake in the front, and one exhaust on the top? If so, I'd add two to the front so you have 3 intake and one exhaust. 

[FloRolf]

Since heat naturally rises, I'd either turn the top fan around or just install it in the front as well, so you are pushing air into the case and it just exhausts through all the holes. 

[woody30]

51 minutes ago, bellabichon said:

Is your current config 1 intake in the front, and one exhaust on the top? If so, I'd add two to the front so you have 3 intake and one exhaust. 

There is one in front, one on top, and the other in back.

[woody30]

Hi,

I just bought a twin pack of Corsair ML140 PWM 140mm fans, my corsair carbide 678c case just has the three stock 140mm sp140 fans in it. 1 in the front, 1 on top, and 1 in back. Should i place the 2 ML140 fans in the front or place 1 in front and 1 on top beside the existing fans. Thanks. I'm trying to air cool a 8GB nvidia geforce rtx 2060 super and amd ryzen 7 3800x 8 core 105w tdp.

[Guest]

3 fans as intake in the front and the 2 at the back / top as exhaust should be fine

[woody30]

2 minutes ago, Medicate said:

3 fans as intake in the front and the 2 at the back / top as exhaust should be fine

ok so just leave the 1 top and 1 in the back alone and add the 2 new ones in the front? Can I plug the ML140 PWM fans into the same PWM Repeater that came with the case from Corsair?

[MewMew]

140mm moves more air and are quieter, so maybe a 140mm on top exhaust. 

[woody30]

5 minutes ago, MewMew said:

140mm moves more air and are quieter, so maybe a 140mm on top exhaust. 

This is my current setup of 140mm fans.

[MewMew]

Off topic but if you're really worried about cooling swap out that Prism for a Noctua fan.

I know they look ugly but they perform like Ron Jeremy before he started to look like Wario.

[CommanderAlex]

12 minutes ago, MewMew said:

Off topic but if you're really worried about cooling swap out that Prism for a Noctua fan.

I know they look ugly but they perform like Ron Jeremy before he started to look like Wario.

You also have be Quiet! CPU coolers to choose from, but they will be comparable such as the Dark Rock Pro 4 and NH-D15 or the chromax version of NH-D15, but I don't know the CPU cooler height clearances. 

[woody30]

3 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

You also have be Quiet! CPU coolers to choose from, but they will be comparable such as the Dark Rock Pro 4 and NH-D15 or the chromax version of NH-D15, but I don't know the CPU cooler height clearances. 

Is there one from Noctua I can use that will move 105w top won't be so tall and not over tower the RAM thats why I took out the dark rock pro 4 

[MewMew]

7 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

You also have be Quiet!

I never understood the marketing decision behind adding an exclamation point here.
BE QUIET FANS! BE QUIET! I'M YELLING!

[CommanderAlex]

2 minutes ago, woody30 said:

Is there one from Noctua I can use that won't be so tall over tower the RAM thats why I took out the dark rock pro 4 

What RAM sticks do you have? If they are any low profile RAM, a Noctua NH-D15 would work as your CPU clearance height in that case is 170mm (Mine is 168 with Vengeance Pro 16GB kits which hit the max of my case). 

[woody30]

8 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

What RAM sticks do you have? If they are any low profile RAM, a Noctua NH-D15 would work as your CPU clearance height in that case is 170mm (Mine is 168 with Vengeance Pro 16GB kits which hit the max of my case). 

Mine is the corsair vengeance rgb pro RAM kit as well 

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, woody30 said:

Mine is the corsair vengeance rgb pro RAM kit as well 

Yeah then they are similar to mine, so you shouldn't have a problem with a Noctua NH-D15 or the chromax version if you want to change the color. 

[Guest]

Just another quick thing, the fan you have at the top, put it more to the back of the case. The way it's positioned now it will just exhaust fresh air from the front. If you put it more to the back it will exhaust hot air from the CPU.

[woody30]

59 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Yeah then they are similar to mine, so you shouldn't have a problem with a Noctua NH-D15 or the chromax version if you want to change the color. 

Yea so according to the dimensions below, I should be able to clear RAM no problem, but should I run in single fan mode or dual fan mode for an amd ryzen 7 3800x 8 core 105w tdp?

[CommanderAlex]

4 minutes ago, woody30 said:

Yea so according to the dimensions below, I should be able to clear RAM no problem, but should I run in single fan mode or dual fan mode for an amd ryzen 7 3800x 8 core 105w tdp?

~Snipped photo above~

From what I gathered online, the difference in cooling between having the 2nd fan and just the single fan in between the towers is maybe 2 degree C difference, if that matters to you. 

[woody30]

42 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

From what I gathered online, the difference in cooling between having the 2nd fan and just the single fan in between the towers is maybe 2 degree C difference, if that matters to you. 

Ok thank yall so much for the help ill be purchasing the nhd15 soon then, do you mind showing a pic of your cpu cooler clearing the ram? I have that same ram kit you do.

[CommanderAlex]

9 minutes ago, woody30 said:

Ok thank yall so much for the help ill be purchasing the nhd15 soon then, do you mind showing a pic of your cpu cooler clearing the ram? I have that same ram kit you do.

Sure I got some for you. Sorry for the appearance of my desk, doing HW but I "multitask" with the forum haha. 

I got some super glue on the side panel of the acrylic and can't remove it. Had to fix a piece of the acrylic panel on the backside and was messy. 

 

[woody30]

4 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

Sure I got some for you. Sorry for the appearance of my desk, doing HW but I "multitask" with the forum haha. 

I got some super glue on the side panel of the acrylic and can't remove it. Had to fix a piece of the acrylic panel on the backside and was messy. 

 

Thanks again for help, that does looks really great on the clearance of RAM 

[CommanderAlex]

6 minutes ago, woody30 said:

Thanks again for help, that does looks really great on the clearance of RAM 

No problem, I'm sorry but the 2nd fan wont fit with your case, so don't buy the NH-D15 yet. I thought my CPU clearance height was 170 but I got that reversed with the case I am getting in the next couple of months...My current CPU clearance is 198mm so I'm at the max my case can go with the RAM so I would not buy the Vengeance RGB Pro RAM sticks due to clearances for the 2nd fan if that matters to you. 

[woody30]

Hi,

 

Had a question about my 140mm fans. I'm getting a twin pack of 140mm fans from corsair this week and what would my temperatures do if i placed both of them in the front under the one that came with the case and maybe slide the one that came with the case up just a little bit. So, what I will have is 3 140mm in the front and 1 140mm up top and 1 140mm in the back. Should I do that for best temperature drop or something else? I'm using a Wraith prism cpu cooler for a AMD ryzen 7 3800x 105w tdp. Or what best placement could i achieve the best results thank you? What is the best low profile cpu cooler for this processor as well, it is a 105w tdp.

[CommanderAlex]

That sounds pretty reasonable for the case you have. Have 3x 140mm as intakes, 1x 140mm up top as exhaust, 1x 140mm in the rear as exhaust. I would not recommend putting any fans on the bottom as intake or in the future if you have carpets/pets with dust.