Case airflow

[jamesfindlay3]

Will this provide good airflow? It will be a define r5 case and the drive bays I highlighted in yellow i will be removing. You can see the specs of my soon to be build in my page and I will be using 4 140mm fans. These:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835553016

 

 

Thank you!

[mrswagbhinav]

No! Put two fans in front for intake, then use all three in the back for exhaust.

[CapricaBuccaneers]

No! Put two fans in front for intake, then use all three in the back for exhaust.

This is the right advice.

If you want an explanation: the top mesh cover isn't dust filtered, so unless you do something about it, this is not ideal for an intake.

Your planned build shows an air cooler on your CPU. You want the hot air drawn out of that area immediately - since heat rises, the area directly above the air cooler is ideal for exhaust.

[mrswagbhinav]

This is the right advice.

If you want an explanation: the top mesh cover isn't dust filtered, so unless you do something about it, this is not ideal for an intake.

Your planned build shows an air cooler on your CPU. You want the hot air drawn out of that area immediately - since heat rises, the area directly above the air cooler is ideal for exhaust.

This is pretty the ideal fan setup for %90 of PC builds.

[Mick Naughty]

So what type and how many gpus will be in it? Will you also be using an air cooler on the cpu?

[LogicalDrm]

What CPU cooler? And I agree with two first replies. For most situations, 2 intakes and single rear exhaust is enough.

[WoodenMarker]

Seems fine.

[orcinhell]

Remember that the bays are interchangeable. I live in Australia (Can go from 10 to 35 degrees Celsius depending on the season) and I find two intake and 1 exhaust more then enough. I have my 3770k overclocked to 4.3 and run into no problems with heat.