300r airflow plan

[bennyino]

Hey everyone! Im gonna build a system for a friend and hes gonna be using a 300r, he doesnt want to get a cooler right away because he doesnt intend to oc right now so since hes using the stock cooler i thought it would be better to use the top fans as intakes isntead of exhaust as usually, do you think its a good idea? It would also help cool thr gpu a little better

[Morfy]

Depends on the CPU, but usually top fans are better off being exhausts because they will bring an immense amount of dust as intakes.

[eshbop]

2 fans in the front (intake), 2 fans on the side panel (intake) (blowing over the GPU), 2 fans on the top (exhaust). Don't worry about the rear exhaust fan for now.

This is if you want you'd want to do to get the best airflow out of the case. In reality you could save some money on the extra fans you'll need to buy and the temps aren't going to be hugely different.

[bennyino]

Yeah thats what i thought but he insists in habing fans everywhere mostly for aesthetics

[eshbop]

Yeah thats what i thought but he insists in habing fans everywhere mostly for aesthics

 

Then just put one in the back of the case as an exhaust.

[bennyino]

Then just put one in the back of the case as an exhaust.

what about top then?

[bennyino]

Depends on the CPU, but usually top fans are better off being exhausts because they will bring an immense amount of dust as intakes.

doesnt that contradict what linus says about positive air pressure?

[Morfy]

Well, you'll have 2 in the front, put one on the side near the GPU and two or one on the top, positive will remain.

[Daayzy]

Hot air rises. Having the top fans as intakes is an extremely bad idea for temps and dust. This wouldn't be a very cool machine or clean machine either. Top fans need to be exhausts. As long as you have 1 or 2 fans as intakes at the front and 1 or 2 fans at the top (Im currently running 2 on front and 2 on the top on my 300R) you cannot go wrong. I found that when I first got the case and was running 1 fan at the top, because of the mesh at the top, I was getting dust coming in so easily. So to fill the space I have 2 140mm fans at the top as exhausts and 1 140mm and 1 120mm fans at the front as intakes. Pretty happy with that setup and it works as cool as I need it to.

 

No need to worry about side fans either. That can cause a clash in air flow or negative air pressure.

 

This explains it http://www.ibuypower.com/dual-radiators/images/airflow-2.jpg

[bennyino]

Hot air rises. Having the top fans as intakes is an extremely bad idea for temps and dust. This wouldn't be a very cool machine or clean machine either. Top fans need to be exhausts. As long as you have 1 or 2 fans as intakes at the front and 1 or 2 fans at the top (Im currently running 2 on front and 2 on the top on my 300R) you cannot go wrong. I found that when I first got the case and was running 1 fan at the top, because of the mesh at the top, I was getting dust coming in so easily. So to fill the space I have 2 140mm fans at the top as exhausts and 1 140mm and 1 120mm fans at the front as intakes. Pretty happy with that setup and it works as cool as I need it to.

 

No need to worry about side fans either. That can cause a clash in air flow or negative air pressure.

 

This explains it http://www.ibuypower.com/dual-radiators/images/airflow-2.jpg

Ok, thanks! :)

[Guest]

Top fans Exhaust, front intake. You could let the Top fans out too. i did a little pic to demonstrate how the Airflow would look like. You can use 2x Intake or 2x Exhaust or 2x Intake + 2x Exhaust.

[bennyino]

Top fans Exhaust, front intake. You could let the Top fans out too. i did a little pic to demonstrate how the Airflow would look like. You can use 2x Intake or 2x Exhaust or 2x Intake + 2x Exhaust.

300R Airflow.PNG

thats what im gonna do thanks :)

[Guest]

No Problem :)