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Cooling in the Corsair Obsidian Series 1000D

Frederique

Hi!

I bought the Corsair Obsidian Series 1000D which can hold 13 fans (which I wanne use to the fullest)
Description said this:
Front: 8 x 120mm fan
Rear: 2 x 120mm / 140mm fan
Top: 3 x 140mm fan

Now, a friend told me I should just put in 13 120mm fans. Can I do that (considering it says "Top 140mm")

Is there a reason I shouldn't do this? I intend on using 13x CORSAIR QL Series, iCUE QL120 RGB, 120mm RGB LED Fan.

 

Is this a good idea?

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2 hours ago, Frederique said:

Is this a good idea?

No. 

2 hours ago, Frederique said:

Is there a reason I shouldn't do this?

That many fans will get rather expensive. You don't need that many fans unless you're putting watercooling radiators in all available spots (For most air cooled setups you want airflow in the front -> out the back and that's it). It'll look fuckin goofy. 

 

What are you actually cooling? CPU/CPU cooler and GPU? 

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Main PC 

CPU: i9 7980XE @4.5GHz/1.22v/-2 AVX offset 

Cooler: EKWB Supremacy Block - custom loop w/360mm +280mm rads 

Motherboard: EVGA X299 Dark 

RAM:4x8GB HyperX Predator DDR4 @3200Mhz CL16 

GPU: Nvidia FE 2060 Super/Corsair HydroX 2070 FE block 

Storage:  1TB MP34 + 1TB 970 Evo + 500GB Atom30 + 250GB 960 Evo 

Optical Drives: LG WH14NS40 

PSU: EVGA 1600W T2 

Case & Fans: Corsair 750D Airflow - 3x Noctua iPPC NF-F12 + 4x Noctua iPPC NF-A14 PWM 

OS: Windows 11

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 2020 M1 MacBook Air (work computer) - iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple Watch S3

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, 128GB SD card swap, running Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

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For the $600 you're looking to spend on fans, why not spend it on something useful for your PC?

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