Corsair 800D Obsidian airflow question

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Im absolutley taken with this case but am very concerned with its reviews when talking about airflow... what I want to know is if I replaced the stock fans with 3 Noctua NF-P14 FLX Vortex-Control 120/140mm case fans and added an additional 4 Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fans would this solve the air cooling issues?
 
Yes it would. I would recommend getting a fan controller, thats what i did and i'm glad.
I have done a pull/push on the H50 at the back of the case, drawing cold air from the back into the case.

Then, replace the bottem fan (140mm) to a more powerful one and that helped a lot. Also, change the 140mm fan in the hotdrive swap bay, as that fan does **** all on full RPM, neither does the stock 1400mm at the bottem.

Lastly, put 3 120mm's on top to exhaust, and thats how I have done mine. Good luck :D

Last thing, faving all of thoes fans, on low, I can't hear a thing but I have headphone so I have the fans on full wack 24/7.
 
Well, my 4890 @ide on stock fan is around 54 degreese where as the new 140mm fan took it down to around 46 idle.

Trust me, the case is brilliant for airflow, and just looks sexy :D
 
Let me see if I understand you, you want to buy a case for over £200 which you admit has bad airflow and then spend £128 more money on replacing all the fans? Sounds crazy to me, as it looks like the case was designed for water cooling only.
 
I think 800D is designed to be used with H50. Normally ppl use the back fan as an outake, but with H50 you use it as an intake, and it just balanced out the math.
 
bilko100 said:
Let me see if I understand you, you want to buy a case for over £200 which you admit has bad airflow and then spend £128 more money on replacing all the fans? Sounds crazy to me, as it looks like the case was designed for water cooling only.
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Bilko its a beutiful case and if you have the money why not?
 
Well if your are spending that much money then at least consider water cooling as the result would be a near silent, cooler and beautiful case.
 
bilko100 said:
Let me see if I understand you, you want to buy a case for over £200 which you admit has bad airflow and then spend £128 more money on replacing all the fans? Sounds crazy to me, as it looks like the case was designed for water cooling only.
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£128 for case fans? Wow, where the **** do you live?
 
OP said 3 Noctua NF-P14 FLX Vortex-Control 120/140mm case fans and 4 Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fans. Ben do you drink a lot of coffee?
 
Call me crazy but im not overly keen on running water anywhere near the insides of my new computer but thats mainly just a confidence thing.
 
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