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In a little while I will be building my new system in Lian Li's PC-V359 case, however, I'm a bit unsure how to optimize the airflow in the case.
I will be using either Corsairs AF120's or their SP120's as fans in this case. 
The case is split in two compartments, a lower and an upper. The lower part isn't a problem, since I'm most likely just going to put a SP120 down there(maybe even a noctua, who knows). The upper part on the other hand is where I become unsure. The picture down below should give a pretty good idea of where I'm considering mounting fans:

 

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The CPU cooler for this system will be a single tower air cooler from be quiet!, the Dark Rock 3(green on the picture). 
The blue spots on the picture air places that I'm sure to place fans, however, I'm in doubt about two things: should they be AF120's or SP120's and should they blow air into the case or pull air out of the case? The rear exhaust will naturally blow air out of the case, but what about the two other 'blue fans'?

Aditionally it's possibly to mount two fans behind the GFX, but I'm not sure whether or not this is worth it with noise levels in mind. Should I place these(yellow ones)? If yes I'm probably going with SP120's. 

Thanks for any and all help :)

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Do those fan slots have dust filters? Assuming they do get an AF as exhaust on the left blue slot, SP as exhaust on the middle blue and SP as intake on the right blue slot with 2 SP intaking air at yellow slots. Be sure to position your dark rock 3 vertically and you'll be fine

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Thanks guys, I'm probably going to go with the AF120/SP120 setup from xnoobftw, but I'm gonna orientate them like LoGiCalDrm suggested. 
On a side note; does anyone have any good ideas when it comes to lighting in this case? I've tried with a Bitfenix Alchemy strip, but it doesn't really get the job done very well, since the light source is visible through the top window in most spots. I was thinking single LED's maybe? But I don't have much experience with this kind of stuff, so I'd appreciate some input. 

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Thanks guys, I'm probably going to go with the AF120/SP120 setup from xnoobftw, but I'm gonna orientate them like LoGiCalDrm suggested. 

On a side note; does anyone have any good ideas when it comes to lighting in this case? I've tried with a Bitfenix Alchemy strip, but it doesn't really get the job done very well, since the light source is visible through the top window in most spots. I was thinking single LED's maybe? But I don't have much experience with this kind of stuff, so I'd appreciate some input. 

 

Care to share an update on your build? I am wanting to build in this case as well.

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