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PartyWire

hej, so i was wondering what is the most optimal air flow in my case, I don't have any newer cases like the Define R5 or something, It's a bit older, i know it's a cooler master Elite something. But aside from that The case has a total of 7 places for fans, One in the back (1, Exhaust), Front (1, intake), Bottom (1, No fan), Top (2, No fan) and the Side panel (2, No fan). So my budget is 4 fans, 2 of those are already in place Front and back, so 2 fans are leftover. I was thinking 2 on the top to exhaust the air out, or have one on the right exhaust and on the left in take. But i'm not the best at this though, so help me Please.

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one intake for the GPU, one more intake at the front or just one more intake at the front

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2 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

one intake for the GPU, one more intake at the front or just one more intake at the front

I only can have 1 Fan in the front.

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1 minute ago, PartyWire said:

I only can have 1 Fan in the front.

then an intake for the GPU and nothing more is what id go for, or just this. every fan adds noice and they probably wont help you much in terms of temperature anyway

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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I've heard that having more intake fans than exhaust fans improves airflow and static pressure or some shit

 

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9 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

then an intake for the GPU and nothing more is what id go for, or just this. every fan adds noice and they probably wont help you much in terms of temperature anyway

But really, your computer is only as loud as the loudest component.

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Just now, Merp83 said:

But really, your computer is only as loud as the loudest component.

it all adds up, one harddrive isnt drowing out 5 fans. and two fans are definatly louder than one fan

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#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

it all adds up, one harddrive isnt drowing out 5 fans. and two fans are definatly louder than one fan

Depends on the speed of the fans, If the 2 fans are spinning at 750RPM and the single fan is going at 1000RPM then the single fan is probably louder.

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Just now, PartyWire said:

Depends on the speed of the fans, If the 2 fans are spinning at 750RPM and the single fan is going at 1000RPM then the single fan is probably louder.

yes but those two fans are going to be louder then just one of them

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

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#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

yes but those two fans are going to be louder then just one of them

Yes, but you see, i will most likely Add one of those old Zalman Fan Mate 2 into the case, SO the Fan speed can be controlled to my preference, That also means the sound can be Controlled.

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Intel Pentium III @ 733Mhz (Oldest of the Bunch)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8Ghz (2002)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz (2003)

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ @ 1.6Ghz (2004, Aug)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.2Ghz (2004, Jun)

2X Intel Xeon X5355 @ 2.66Ghz (2006, Q4)

Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.6Ghz (2007, Q2)

Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53Ghz (2010, Q1)

Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3Ghz (2008, Q1) (In use, @ 3.61Ghz)

Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93Ghz (2008, Q1)

 

GPUs (6)

Palit GeForce 6800 GS (Should be working, AGP 8X)

Club 3D GTS 450 (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Sapphire Radeon X800GTO (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Nvidia GeForce 4 (Last time worked, AGP 4X)

Nvidia GeForce FX (No idea, AGP 4X)

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (Semi-dead, PCI-e 16x)

 

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No idea of the brand or Socket (Whopping 16 Mb memory)

 

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An intake fan for the gpu can potentially mean big temperature drops if it's being starved for air, otherwise it might only be a few degrees difference and I'm a fan of neutral air pressure so one on top if you do that. Also remember intake fans should be filtered to minimize dust buildup in the system

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