900D quick question

[fapman]

Okay, so i'm planning to buy this case with my next huge X99 upgrade. 

I'm wondering one thing about the bottom champer: If i but my 140mm 3 fans to the "front" side of the champer and use it as a intake (fan filter on offcourse) Can i still put my hard drive cages in there? 

Cheers.

Only for airflow, no radiators what so ever to the bottom one.

[NumLock21]

Probably yes

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[Toasted Waffles]

I have a 900D so I can answer - I have 4 120mm's down there however I cannot have any hard drive bays located on the bottom half due to clearance issues between the cage and the fans.. I would assume this is the same ordeal with 140mm fans. You can relocate one of the three drive bays into the main chamber (What I did) and replace the front intakes with static pressure fans. You could use Silverstone Air Penetrator fans or other Static pressure fans to get air through the cage.

[fapman]

Why they wont put there big enough of a cap that i can put fans in there?

That's just stupid.

Okay now i have another question, what u guy think how i should do my fan placement or what fans should i buy?

Current parts that are going to be on the new rig:

Noctua NF A-14 PWM 5x

AX1200i

SSD and HDD

New parts:

900D

5820K

Asus Extreme V X99

NZXT kranken X61

Dominator platinium 16gb DDR4

(And the new upcoming 980ti or whatever nvidia conna calll it)

2 of those noctuas will go to the radiator to the roof as plowing air out of the case

1 is going to the back as plowing air out of the case

But according to what i know, the 900D only supports 2x 140mm or 3x 120mm in the front, and 4x 120mm or 3x 140mm in the bottom champer.

Offcourse i'm trying to build a scenario where there is possitive air-preassure. So more intake is _must_ if you consider how many holes there are in this case. Also if possible, keep it at noctua I actually like the unique color and the overall performance.

Thanks a lot!

[Guest]

An AIO cooler in a 900D is a bit of a waste. Are you planning on doing a custom loop ?

[fapman]

In future, yes. Not exactly as of right now but currently about once a year i do one "major upgrade" and in this upgrade i'm going to upgrade the case that it can last me a long time. 

In about a year i'm planning to do full custom-watercooling rig. As of right now, my wallet is not really ready to take that massive assrape.


E: also what i have read, 900D isn't exactly bad for aircooling only. It's just expensive and huge. And that's neither the price or the size isn't a problem right now.