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I'd just say put Air Pressure in mounts with air filter, Airflow in those without.

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So i have three fans to choose.

1. MasterFan 120 Air flow

2. MasterFan 120 Air Balance

3. MasterFan 120 Air Pressure

Ill be using the case: Corsair 460x

And ill will have the cpu rad: h60 (2018). ill be replacing all fans with a mixture of these (Asus aura) for rgb* purposes. 

My question is which fans should i get and where. and also where should my rad go? im thinking either TOP Right, or Front pannel TOP.

 

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Should i just buy 6 masterfan balanced?

 

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I would recommend as many as you can fit on the front, (2-3)  and then 2 in the back/top. I would say less exhaust to keep positive pressure, and dust will stay out. Especially if your PSu fan is facing the mobo.

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I'd just say put Air Pressure in mounts with air filter, Airflow in those without.

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I'd just say put Air Pressure in mounts with air filter, Airflow in those without.

So like airpressure for Top front and rad. and get 1 airflow for rear?

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Just now, Vonix said:

So like airpressure for Top front and rad. and get 1 airflow for rear?

yup

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Just now, Vonix said:

So like airpressure for Top front and rad. and get 1 airflow for rear?

or like balance for rad. cause thats what coolermaster use on there rads

 

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20 minutes ago, Vonix said:

or like balance for rad. cause thats what coolermaster use on there rads

Cooler Master uses their Balance fans on their rads with less restrictive square fins. They're also higher rpm than their aftermarket RGB counterparts.

radiator_fins.jpg

 

Most AIO's have rads with more restrictive fin arrays and perform better with Cooler Master's Pressure fans as opposed to Balance especially when comparing lower rpm aftermarket fans. The H60 2018 has a slightly looser 18 FPI compared to the original H60's 20 FPI but would probably still be better off with Pressure fans due to the lower rpm.

corsair_hydro_h60_2018_review_10t.jpg

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