Airflow Pc

[BLOS88]

hello

 

i just finished building my rig

 

is my airflow good? i mean the fans in proper order

 

 

3 noctua in the front

 

3 on the top darkflash dr12

1 darkflash on the back

 

2 noctua on the bottom

 

i was thinking installing the brown noctua that is on the bottom on the front, i cant install 3 of them on the front

and i will leave the gray one on the bottom

 

 

 

 

[johnt]

Are the bottom fans actually moving air? If they are, then everything looks okay to me from the photo. Tough to tell without doing some tests.

[BLOS88]

yes the fans on the bottom are moving air

[thrasher_565]

the top front fan can pull the air from the front top fan instead of going to the cpu cooler other then that looks fine.

[Ralfi]

Do those two fans beneath the GPU blow cool air upward? Being above a PSU shroud, it may not be cool enough to make a difference & contributing more to noise.

 

Check temps with & without those fans working & see if they help. If they don’t, then you can remove them & their noise.

Also this…

16 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

the top front fan can pull the air from the front top fan instead of going to the cpu cooler other then that looks fine.

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Is the front of the case solid or mesh? If solid, then you’ll need that top-front fan to assist CPU cooling by making it an intake. If mesh, you can remove the top-front fan for more noise reduction.

[thrasher_565]

3 minutes ago, Ralfi said:

Do those two fans beneath the GPU blow cool air upward? Being above a PSU shroud, it may not be cool enough to make a difference & contributing more to noise.

 

Check temps with & without those fans working & see if they help. If they don’t, then you can remove them & their noise.

Also this…

—————
Is the front of the case solid or mesh? If solid, then you’ll need that top-front fan to assist CPU cooling by making it an intake. If mesh, you can remove the top-front fan for more noise reduction.

the bottom fans help push the gpu exhaust up and out.

[Ralfi]

3 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

the bottom fans help push the gpu exhaust up and out.

I wonder if it’s best to push the GPU exhaust upwards with bottom fans (potentially into the CPU cooler), or rear wards with front fans (maybe avoiding the CPU cooler more so)?

 

In any case (no punnage intended!), the temps with & without those bottom fans will tell a story.

[thrasher_565]

5 minutes ago, Ralfi said:

I wonder if it’s best to push the GPU exhaust upwards with bottom fans (potentially into the CPU cooler), or rear wards with front fans (maybe avoiding the CPU cooler more so)?

 

In any case (no punnage intended!), the temps with & without those bottom fans will tell a story.

it gos out the back fan. with out the bottom fans the gpu exhaust can get sucked back in by the gpu.

[Ralfi]

5 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

it gos out the back fan. with out the bottom fans the gpu exhaust can get sucked back in by the gpu.

Ok, & I guess the bottom fans wouldn’t need to spin too fast to achieve this, meaning noise is kept to a minimum.

[thrasher_565]

9 minutes ago, Ralfi said:

Ok, & I guess the bottom fans wouldn’t need to spin too fast to achieve this, meaning noise is kept to a minimum.

most people only run there fans around 1000 rpm witch is pretty quiet. it would be ideal if the fans were on a fan curve of the gpu but most dont no how to do that.  most people settle for good enough. other with headphones run them quiet at idle and %100 gaming.