Airflow suggestion/help

RinusCooling · October 14, 2014

Dear reader,

I've a corsair 300r. I recently became a coolingenthousaist/amateur. I've spend some money on fans. Trail and erroring, etc. But now it's time to get real. I've the following fans:

Intake:

Front: 54 + 87 (Corsair case stockfan + Bitfenix spectre pro) all 140mm. Costs 17 euro.

Side: 66 + 35 (Corsair quiet edition + Recom 140mm) Recom was cheap at local store and wanted to try some airflow) 140mm and 120mm. Costs 21 + 11 euro.

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242 cfm

spend: 47 euro.

Outtake:

Rear: 33 (Corsair case stockfan 120mm)

Top: 40 + 40 (2 recom 140mm) costs: 22 euro.

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113 cfm

spend: 22 euro.

247 - 113 = Positive pressure of 129 cfm.

spend total: 69 euro

I also have a MSI r9 290 installed + a Evo 212 cpu cooler. and a NXTZ fancontroller. 40 - 100% range.

Conclusion:

- I assume my setup is good. Front + side intake, rear and top exhaust.

- Need to replace the cheap recom and the stockfans.

- I am leaning towards the corsair quiet edition, because it's a corsair case.

- Means 6 corsairfans + bitfenix or 7 corsair fans.

- I am a bit impulsive sometimes.. recom fans etc. but I am willing to pat for my fans. Just one or 2 per month.

- Need positive pressure, because I live with 2 cats.

What is your guys opinion? should I stick with this setup or replace all? My temps are always under the 55/60, except for my gpu which topped 69.

If you need any information, please let me know. Thank you for reading.

Kind regards,

RinusCooling

mosin40 · October 14, 2014

Instead of spending too much money on fans, do a positive pressure

Front: 2 fans as intake

Rear: 1 fan as exhaust

Top: 1 as intake (so your hyper 212 evo will recieve more air)

The side panel, don't use fans there because of compatibility issues, (not sure, but installing fans there may cause the case not to close)

Edit: if you want, mod the side panel and put a window instead of the fan mesh, keep in mind you will need dust filters for the intake fans (use pantie hoses as filters recommended by @LinusTech if you don't have one)

Edited October 14, 2014 by mosin40

LogicalDrm · October 14, 2014

I'm also for 2 front in, but then it gets bit different. I'm all for 2 exhaust fans while still keeping more air coming in. Sidepanel fans aren't even necessary unless your GPU is overheating. In that case you will only need the one located over GPU. The one over CPU isn't really needed.