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Two 40mm fans, expected temp decrease?

Hello,

 

I am considering to purchase two 40mm fan (NF-A4x20 or NF-Ax10 FLX) to place on top of my Node 202 to increase the airflow in the small motherboard chamber.

The plan was to place one fimageproxy.php?img=&key=17c10421afdc6db8an as intake where the green square is, so that air goes near the heatsink and MOSFETs, and one to blow air out of the case where the blue square is.

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Theoretically, the air would flow like this (kinda?):

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Do you think I am wasting my money by doing this? (each fan is $10)

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

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8 minutes ago, Eibe said:

Do you think I am wasting my money by doing this? (each fan is $10)

No. The gains equals the expense.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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Just now, Jurrunio said:

No. The gains equals the expense.

I will place the order then, thanks :)

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

Unraid Server

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSUCorsair SF750 Case: Node 304

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1 hour ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

The airflow setup most likely won't work. You are better off having both as exhaust.

Yeah, I was thinking that as well but didn't post again as I went to sleep. 

 

The CPU fan is going to draw air in anyway. 

 

Do you know if I can use a SATA adapter > Low Noise Adapter > Splitter > 2 fans combo?

 

I wanted to use the second LNA that came with the fans for a chassis 120mm Corsair fan I have... As I cannot set a custom fan curve in the BIOS and there is no mid way between Silent and Turbo. 

CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

Unraid Server

CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSUCorsair SF750 Case: Node 304

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4 hours ago, Eibe said:

Yeah, I was thinking that as well but didn't post again as I went to sleep. 

 

The CPU fan is going to draw air in anyway. 

 

Do you know if I can use a SATA adapter > Low Noise Adapter > Splitter > 2 fans combo?

 

I wanted to use the second LNA that came with the fans for a chassis 120mm Corsair fan I have... As I cannot set a custom fan curve in the BIOS and there is no mid way between Silent and Turbo. 

It's better if you use LNA per fan.

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