NZXT Phantom 530 Fan setup help needed.

[SH_93]

Hello,

If anyone here could help me out that would be great.

I build my first pc around a month ago, and now i want to change my fans.
at the moment i have the two stock fans, but i don't realy like the white color so i want to get rid of them.
There also seems to be quite some dust getting in there so i don't realy think the airflow is good at the moment.

The fan options the case has are:
Front (dust filter) 1x 200 or 2x 140 or 2x 120
Bottom (dust filter) 2x 120
Back 1x 140 or 1x 120
Top 2x 140 or 3x 120
Side 1x 140

So i figured the right place for the intakes would be the front, and the bottom.

Anyone willing to help me out with the amouth of fans i should get (i'm fine with filling all the slots haha)
Any help would be greatly apreciated.

[OAcesync]

Just get 5 140mm and your done, place two at front, one at back and two up top

[SH_93]

Just get 5 140mm and your done, place two at front, one at back and two up top

 

So that would be 3 fans out and 2 fans in i guess?

[OAcesync]

So that would be 3 fans out and 2 fans in i guess?

yes

[SH_93]

I have one more question, do i need PWM fans or not to be usable with the fan controller the case came with?

[SH_93]

I have one more question, do i need PWM fans or not to be usable with the fan controller the case came with?

Does anyone know?

[SH_93]

Anyone?

[JulianT]

You have to check the fan controller, if it has 3 or 4 pins. 4 Pins=PWM, 3 Pins=No PWM. Just count the pins

[SH_93]

You have to check the fan controller, if it has 3 or 4 pins. 4 Pins=PWM, 3 Pins=No PWM. Just count the pins

Thanks, it has 3 pins so i need non PWM fans.

[SH_93]

yes

But wouldn't that het me negative airpreasure, mening it would only suck in more dust?

[SH_93]

But wouldn't that het me negative airpreasure, mening it would only suck in more dust?

[Goat]

To prevent dust from coming in to your pc, make sure you have positive air pressure, which means more intakes than exhausts so air is passively being exhausted out the case, which makes reduces the dust getting in. If you can't aim for positive air pressure for whatever reason, aim for neutral air pressure, where you have an equal amount of intakes and exhaust, as a result, air is not being sucked in or out passively. You should never go for negative air pressure, where you have more exhausts then intakes, as air will be passively sucked in to your case, bringing in dust with them.

 

As for the fans, I recommend Fractal Design Venturi series fans. They are good as not as expensive as the Noctua fans.

[SaladFingers]

I'm currently using this case for my main PC. The pre-installed fans are of great quality, they move a lot of air and are very very quiet. I'd say you mostly don't need to add anything. It has a 200mm intake fan on the front and a 140mm exhaust fan at the back. You could add more intakes at the bottom or at the side panel if you like. There's also lots of space for fans at the top too, which people mostly use as exhausts for a linear airflow but you can experiment with many different combinations. In the end just try out multiple configs and check your temps.

 

edit: The included fan hub has 3-pin outputs. You can still fit PWM fans on it, but it wouldn't make sense because you can't control them using PWM. I'd say buy all of your case fans as non-PWM and control them through the case's 3-position switch, then any fans related to your cpu/gpu collers are better off being PWM and controlled via fan curves set in your motherboard's BIOS.

[SH_93]

Thanks for the help decided to do with 2x 120 in the bottom, moved the old 140mm from the back to the top, and added a new 140 to the back.

Thanks for the tips.