Define R4 airflow chart

[gwertheim]

Hey All anyone have an airflow chart for the define R4, not sure how to set up my fans effectively 

[jezza39]

hot air rises. The front, door (if non windowed panel) and bottom fans (if used) should be drawing air in, the rear and top (again if used, I believe you have to remove some handy dandy sound deadening foam) should exhaust. 

 

Like this: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=case+airflow&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=705&tbm=isch&imgil=kjDFSZOGcZ20YM%253A%253BnRGYl3_XmbLi4M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.tomshardware.com%25252Fanswers%25252Fid-2238033%25252Fcase-airflow-tips.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=kjDFSZOGcZ20YM%253A%252CnRGYl3_XmbLi4M%252C_&usg=__t3M2bgEBgisN2A5rOYO5jFnItL8%3D&ved=0CDMQyjc&ei=ZQc7VNKqJIKn8AXF1oHgCg#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=kjDFSZOGcZ20YM%253A%3BnRGYl3_XmbLi4M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi59.tinypic.com%252F1zxt9ba.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.tomshardware.com%252Fanswers%252Fid-2238033%252Fcase-airflow-tips.html%3B800%3B600

 

Alternatively, if using a top closed loop cooler, you may wish to flip the rear fan to draw air in. 

[Toddwjp]

hot air rises. The front, door (if non windowed panel) and bottom fans (if used) should be drawing air in, the rear and top (again if used, I believe you have to remove some handy dandy sound deadening foam) should exhaust. 

 

hot air rising is near irrelevant for a case, it more important to just have good airflow, i recommend 2 140mm intakes in front and the one exhaust at back, if you have a rad you can either mount it to the exhaust fan or too the roof as an intake, if using multiple gpus then there is another fan slot on the bottom which can be used as an intake

[airdeano]

i found that if you made all fans intake (filtered of course), except the rear i/o the

R4 case can easily naturally vent the heated air through the hex mesh located at

the rear of case. this can aid in non-reference GPU cards, air/AIO cooling and

keep the dust down to a minimum.

[Excon]

i found that if you made all fans intake (filtered of course), except the rear i/o the

R4 case can easily naturally vent the heated air through the hex mesh located at

the rear of case. this can aid in non-reference GPU cards, air/AIO cooling and

keep the dust down to a minimum.

Ive been debating switching the H100i in the roof of my R4 to intake? I guess I should?

[WoodenMarker]

hot air rising is near irrelevant for a case, it more important to just have good airflow

Hot air rising inside the case isn't that relevant but outside the case, will make the cold air stay closer to the ground which is where you'd want to position your intake fans if possible.

Edit: If you still want a chart:

 

i found that if you made all fans intake (filtered of course), except the rear i/o the

R4 case can easily naturally vent the heated air through the hex mesh located at

the rear of case. this can aid in non-reference GPU cards, air/AIO cooling and

keep the dust down to a minimum.

^ I'd also suggest leaving the top vents closed to keep dust and noise to a minimum unless you have to mount a rad there. 

[gwertheim]

Ive been debating switching the H100i in the roof of my R4 to intake? I guess I should?

thinking about that too but i highly doubt i'll need it because i'm not overclocking anything

[WoodenMarker]

Ive been debating switching the H100i in the roof of my R4 to intake? I guess I should?

Depends on your graphics card temps. Having it as intake will increase the internal case temp but will lower cpu temps. 

[airdeano]

@Excon

 

the case is perforated well on the rear chassis and won't imped any exhaust.

this would be best served on a case in an open environment, not a closet/desk hutch location.

 

 

^ I'd also suggest leaving the top vents closed to keep dust and noise to a minimum unless you have to mount a rad there. 

 

true, but the R4 is so closed off, the airflow in the upper section is stagnate without

any roof support.

[Excon]

Depends on your graphics card temps. Having it as intake will increase the internal case temp but will lower cpu temps. 

GPU is fine, I guess I'll make the switch. I always ran it as exhaust because thast the only way I could get it to fir with my old Z77 SAbertooth

[LogicalDrm]

I've recently built in that case. We put 2x140mm stock fans to front intake and 1 Bitfenic Spectre Pro to rear exhaust. CPU was air cooler with 212 and GPU Asus 280X. With few stress tests all temps were normal while case fans were running at 60% of rpm.

[Maowhree]

Hot air rising inside the case isn't that relevant but outside the case, will make the cold air stay closer to the ground which is where you'd want to position your intake fans if possible.

 

+1, that is something very basic people just won't get, especially those who watch linus' videos and take everything he says as the ultimate Truth, he is also wrong at times.