More fans necessary?

[nottherealzeesh]

Hi,

I'm building a PC, and for a case I was planning on using the Phanteks Eclipse P300. The case only comes with a single rear exhaust fan, but I'm planning on installing a 240mm AIO water cooler. I've made plenty of PC's with air cooled CPU's but this will be my first build with water cooling. If I install the radiator, will that and the one fan that comes with the case be enough for airflow? Thanks.

[Hiya!]

The case itself has a really poor aiflow not to mention the front panel design.

U might need to add a fans at the top of the case as an intake because your AIO will be blowing hot air.

[xDylanio]

I have a case similar to yours and run a radiator up front as intake with three on top and one rear as exhaust. For me that's fine

[Hiya!]

5 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

I have a case similar to yours and run a radiator up front as intake with three on top and one rear as exhaust. For me that's fine

P300 only support 1 120/140mm fan at the top.

Even p400 only support 2 fans at the top.

So what is your case exatcly?

[xDylanio]

1 minute ago, Hiya! said:

P300 only support 1 120/140mm fan at the top.

Even p400 only support 2 fans at the top.

So what is your case exatcly?

Phanteks enthoo pro ?

[Hiya!]

7 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Phanteks enthoo pro ?

Duh   its not similar

[nottherealzeesh]

19 minutes ago, Hiya! said:

P300 only support 1 120/140mm fan at the top.

Even p400 only support 2 fans at the top.

So what is your case exatcly?

And just making sure... the 240mm rad will fit fine in this case?

[xDylanio]

11 minutes ago, Hiya! said:

Duh   its not similar

Really, my bad I just searched up his case and to me they kinda look the same, my bad though

[Hiya!]

5 minutes ago, nottherealzeesh said:

And just making sure... the 240mm rad will fit fine in this case?

It will at the front.

2 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Really, my bad I just searched up his case and to me they kinda look the same, my bad though

No worries it happen

Just Fyi P300 is the cheaper version of P400 TG.

[nottherealzeesh]

Just now, Hiya! said:

It will at the front.

No worries it happen

Just Fyi P300 is the cheaper version of P400 TG.

Ok... so if I buy one fan for the top mount, and then have the one for exhaust and the rad, will that be enough to keep the system cool? It'll be an i5-7600k and an RX580

[Hiya!]

1 minute ago, nottherealzeesh said:

Ok... so if I buy one fan for the top mount, and then have the one for exhaust and the rad, will that be enough to keep the system cool? It'll be an i5-7600k and an RX580

As i said the case has poor airflow.

But i think it will be fine although i prefer to use air cooler than AIO for that type of case.

Becase u can install 2x fan at the front as an intake and 1 as an exhaust and it will be enough.

But its up to you.

If your budget its not limited look for FD Meshify C it has open front panel for more airflow support up to 360 rad at the front if u remove the hdd cartridge, 2x 12/14cm fan for the top, and 1x 12/14cm fan at the rear.

And it looks more premium

[nottherealzeesh]

Just now, Hiya! said:

As i said the case has poor airflow.

But i think it will be fine although i prefer to use air cooler than AIO for that type of case.

Becase u can install 2x fan at the front as an intake and 1 as an exhaust and it will be enough.

But its up to you.

If your budget its not limited look for FD Meshify C it has open front panel for more airflow support up to 360 rad at the front if u remove the hdd cartridge, 2x 12/14cm fan for the top, and 1x 12/14cm fan at the rear.

And it looks more premium

Unfortunately I'm limited to about $50-60 for the case. Do you know of any other cases that might be better for this? I'm building this computer for a friend, and he specifically requested water cooling.

[Hiya!]

6 minutes ago, nottherealzeesh said:

Unfortunately I'm limited to about $50-60 for the case. Do you know of any other cases that might be better for this? I'm building this computer for a friend, and he specifically requested water cooling.

Fractal design focus G maybe.

But its an old case it doesnt have psu cover,no tempered glass,and no Fancy RGB.

Just an acrylic panel on the side.

But it has open front panel design and support up to 280mm radiator at the front.

Support 2x fan at the top and 1 for the rear as usual

[nottherealzeesh]

12 minutes ago, Hiya! said:

Fractal design focus G maybe.

But its an old case it doesnt have psu cover,no tempered glass,and no Fancy RGB.

Just an acrylic panel on the side.

But it has open front panel design and support up to 280mm radiator at the front.

Support 2x fan at the top and 1 for the rear as usual

Yes I was looking at that as well. I'll ask my friend if he'd rather switch to air cooling, if not, I'll just build in this case and buy an extra fan or two. Thank you for your help

[Hiya!]

5 minutes ago, nottherealzeesh said:

Yes I was looking at that as well. I'll ask my friend if he'd rather switch to air cooling, if not, I'll just build in this case and buy an extra fan or two. Thank you for your help

Dont praise me

 

[nottherealzeesh]

17 hours ago, Hiya! said:

Dont praise me

 

Hahahah sorry... praise the sun! 

 

What I ended up doing is switching to 120mm rad, and adding two 140mm case fans for intake. Thank the sun for all your help.

[Princess Luna]

omg nobody ever told OP not to buy the i5 7600k nowadays

[Crunchy Dragon]

11 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

omg nobody ever told OP not to buy the i5 7600k nowadays

It's not really a shock to me to be honest, I didn't see much talk of hardware specs here...