Case for front mounted AIO

[Guest]

Trying to find a case supporting 1 rear 140mm exhaust, with a 280mm radiator front mounted with a 140mm fan above that, but do I even need that extra fan? I thought the define S since I can close the top but if I use a 280mm rad I can only use a 80mm top front mounted fan.. What do I do?

[FmPhenom]

I use this

 

Haf xb evo

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, FmPhenom said:

I use this

 

Haf xb evo

thats a nice case but what if I dont want a toaster looking pc

[ImBleu]

I use a define S with a 280mm rad in the front and with the moduvents closed?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, ThatCoolBlueKidd said:

I use a define S with a 280mm rad in the front and with the moduvents closed?

what about a fan above that? only 80mm there

[FmPhenom]

Then take the panels off and use it as a test bench

[maremp]

16 minutes ago, Eihcal said:

define S since I can close the top but if I use a 280mm rad I can only use a 80mm top front mounted fan

Not sure what I've read, even though I tried three times. But let me try. I'm building a system w/ define s and I don't understand what's the problem, you can mount 360mm rad in the front. Your 280mm is less than that. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, maremp said:

Not sure what I've read, even though I tried three times. But let me try. I'm building a system w/ define s and I don't understand what's the problem, you can mount 360mm rad in the front. Your 280mm is less than that. 

plus a 140mm fan on top I want

[maremp]

2 minutes ago, Eihcal said:

plus a 140mm fan on top I want

If you really think you need an extra fan, you can get a 120mm one. But the fans from rad mount will provide enough airflow. Or you can add 2 more fans for push-pull configuration if you think you really need leafblower amount of airflow. 

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, maremp said:

If you really think you need an extra fan, you can get a 120mm one. But the fans from rad mount will provide enough airflow. Or you can add 2 more fans for push-pull configuration if you think you really need leafblower amount of airflow. 

but i cant because the 280mm rad, only 80mm above that, maybe another case? IDK

[ImBleu]

8 minutes ago, Eihcal said:

plus a 140mm fan on top I want

 

I have a 120 and a 280 on the front, a 120 at the bottom, and a 140 at the back

[Matt100HP]

1 minute ago, Eihcal said:

but i cant because the 280mm rad, only 80mm above that, maybe another case? IDK

Why bother with another 140mm fan? It won't make much difference and you're going to need a massive case to fit a 280mm radiator and an additional 140mm fan in the front. 

 

If you want more air coming into a Define S, there's always the fan mount on the bottom of the case (which is dust filtered). 

[Guest]

Just now, Matt100HP said:

Why bother with another 140mm fan? It won't make much difference and you're going to need a massive case to fit a 280mm radiator and an additional 140mm fan in the front. 

 

If you want more air coming into a Define S, there's always the fan mount on the bottom of the case (which is dust filtered). 

well if I don't need the 140mm I could use alot more cases probably. Any tests on this maybe?

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, ThatCoolBlueKidd said:

 

I have a 120 and a 280 on the front, a 120 at the bottom, and a 140 at the back

how does that work? the site says 360mm support

140+140+120=400

[maremp]

4 minutes ago, Eihcal said:

but i cant because the 280mm rad, only 80mm above that, maybe another case? IDK

You really don't need it. The air goes through rads and it won't be hot enough that it would drastically affect temps for other components.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, maremp said:

You really don't need it. The air goes through rads and it won't be hot enough that it would drastically affect temps for other components.

going to use R5 then, any tests on this?

[maremp]

7 hours ago, Eihcal said:

going to use R5 then, any tests on this?

The define S is the same as R5, just stripped down, so there is no front drive bays. But these drive bays will block the front-mounted rad, if you'll be able to put it there at all. Usually people remove these bays altogether, at which point the R5 is worse than the define S. The only big issue I can see with define S is if you need more than 2x 2.5" drive mounts and 3x 3.5" mounts, but these setups are rare and if you want to do this, you should really be thinking about nas. Also, to utilize 5.25" front bay, you would need to have the case door open, but I believe that's the issue with both models. Personally, I prefer the define S over R5, just because it looks clean and it has a lot of place for mounting vents or rads.