Carbide 500r case fan cooling?

DiRTy To0L · 17 Feb 2013 at 00:53

So im a bit confused on how to keep my 500r cool. I know it comes with 4 fans already (2-120mm on front, 1-120 exaust on back and a single 200mm on the side) but ive heard that they are pretty bad and am in need on some advice on my cooling. I plan to buy 5-120mm gentle typhoons at 1450 rpm (CFM ±10%: 50.0, dBA: 21.0) and one 200mm megaflow(CFM: 110.0, dBA: 19.0).

So th 500r has room for 9 fans (1 back top, 2 top, 2 front, 1 bottom. 1 side and 2 that can be attached to the side of the harddrive trays... thse two fans directly line up with the front intake fans but are on the op-side of the HDD trays). Every mounting point is able to take a 120 or 140 fan except for the bottom side and 2 fans that can be placed on the HDD trays... so that leaves the back 1, top 2 and front 2... 5 in total.

Are 5 120mm typhoons the best choice for this? or should i have a combination of them both. And before i continue i better tell you where i plan to put these 5. So i will place 2 on front as intake, 2 on top as exaust and 1 on back as exaust... and also my 200 megaflow on side as intake. Are these the optimal stops? Shoud i be using the bottom one? I suppose the extra 2 that can be placed on the HDD side can be bought later if needed... and are they needed?

Im wondering will this setup result in a positive or neg air. I want it to be possitive so is that setup pretty balanced or will i use 2 140 on the roof?? or mby the front? If i were to go with 140mm fans i was looking at the Thermalright - Case Fan - 140 mm - 60 CFM - 20 dBA - X-Silent 140. Open to suggests on my setup includeing my choice of fans and how you would do it. I dont want to water cool and i dont plan on OC'ing but i do however leave my computer on at times fot long periods.

Sometimes 2-4 hr gaming sessions and leave it on at times for facebook and social things aswell as my college work and co-op job im doing atm. Im a product designer and do a lot of Autocad and solidworks with the work placement for college. So basically i need it stable and cool at all times. My setup is.. (buying it all in about 2 weeks from the same seller with free shipping !!

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-Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 Motherboard
-Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU
-Graphics card EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce FTW
-Corsair 16GB (2x 8GB) Vengeance DDR3 Memory Module Kit - Blue
-Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
-Corsair HX750 Professional Series HX 750W ATX Modular 80 PLUS Gold PSU
-Asus DRW-24B5ST 24x Internal SATA DVD Drive
-Corsair Carbide 500R microATX Midi PC Tower Black
-Microsoft Windows 8 64 bit
-BenQ RL2240H 22 inch LED Monitor

1 ssd? no hdd? ...i know some ppl might think why? but i plan on getting a second later... wont fill it that fast anyway.. plus i dont want anything to do with hdd anymore.
This all with the fans included will be closeto.. but not over 1600euro... nearly exactly 1575 give or take

So what do you guys think? Is the setup good... opinions? do i need all the fans i getting? etc...

greenbrucelee · 17 Feb 2013 at 01:02

air should come in the from and leave out the back and or top, anything else and you are asking for negative airflow.

DiRTy To0L · 17 Feb 2013 at 01:34

Yeah i will have 1 back exaust and 2 top as exaust and 2 front as intake with a side intake. The side intake is 200mm while the rest are all 120mm. The side 200mm intake comes standard with the case... im just replacing it. So shouldnt this result in positive.. or would i have to increase the exaust fan sizes... lets say the top 2 to 140's or somthing?

greenbrucelee · 17 Feb 2013 at 01:35

the side intake will cause neg airflow, there is no need is side airflow. It has nothing to do with fan size but about cfm.

DiRTy To0L · 17 Feb 2013 at 01:44

well what about my choice in fans anyway? would the gentle typhoons do? or would you change any fan or my fan setup for that matter?

ubersonic · 17 Feb 2013 at 07:42

Here's the specs on the 500r fans (on full speed setting):

Front 120mm x 25mm
RPM - 1200
CFM - 43.2
dBA - 18
Static pressure - 1.6mm H2O
Power - 1.2 Watts

Rear 120mm x 25mm
RPM - 1200
CFM - 43.2
dBA - 18
Static pressure - 1.7 mm H2O
Power - 2.16 Watts

Side 200mm
RPM - 1000
CFM - 92
dBA: 28.8
Bearing: Sleeve
LED: White

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greenbrucelee said:
air should come in the from and leave out the back and or top, anything else and you are asking for negative airflow.

greenbrucelee said:
the side intake will cause neg airflow, there is no need is side airflow. It has nothing to do with fan size but about cfm.

No the side intake aids positive airflow, negative pressure is when you have more air extracted than coming in.

DiRTy To0L · 17 Feb 2013 at 13:01

Thanks for that unbersonic... i thought it was a positive thing. Any thoughts on the fans i chose or there setup?

trentlad · 17 Feb 2013 at 13:49

It might serve you better to upgrade your CPU heatsink and VGA cooler, the later especially opens up a world of overclocking possibilities.

DiRTy To0L · 17 Feb 2013 at 16:42

Yeah but i dont want to overclock... like i said in my first post. I want to know if the fan setup that i said i was getting going to be good enough to keep it cool for long periods.. or is it too much? Are the fans i chose good enough to do the job also?

Uncle Petey · 17 Feb 2013 at 16:48

Tbh mate, even though the stock fans aren't exactly great, they'll still do what you need.
There's absolutely no danger of it overheating especially with your chosen GPU being a rear exhaust type.

At one point, I had a 2500k with a stock heatsink and a reference 5870 in a Shinobi case which has relatively poor airflow and used only a couple of cheap exhaust fans. Temps were fine.

DiRTy To0L · 17 Feb 2013 at 16:56

Well this is my first complete setup.. full rig or whatever u wanna call it. So i plan to replace components as they get old... Would u consider getting good fans straight off? also what do you think of my whole setup?

Uncle Petey · 17 Feb 2013 at 18:55

Getting decent fans straight away is never a bad thing, although whether you need to is another question

Sure, stick a couple of exhausts at the top and replace the rear one. Replace the upper front one too.
Other than that, I wouldn't worry. Actually, I wouldn't worry anyway.
Btw, since there's so much mesh on this case, positive/negative pressure is kind of rendered irrelevant since you can't really pressurize the interior to any significant degree imo.
Just have some decent airflow and it'll be fine.

As for your build:
-Corsair vengeance is overpriced and those heatsinks do nothing but look nice. They can also cause problems if and when you add a decent cpu cooler.
-You don't need a 750w psu with a single GPU. I've specced a 650w PSU simply because the 550w version isn't in stock. There are other options if anyone cares to suggest.
-This SSD is better than the standard Samsung 840 and competes with the 840 PRO.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £179.99
1 x Seasonic G series 650w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel kit (PV316G160C9K) £59.99
Total : £350.76 (includes shipping : £9.00).

Other than that, Win7 or Win8? Your call.
Not sure about the monitor...