Best Fan Configuration for Corsair Carbide 500R

friendlyJai · 23 Aug 2015 at 20:05

Currently building a new PC and would like some advice on best fan configuration. I have the Corsair Carbide 500R, which has two 120mm Front Intakes, One 200m side Intake and a 120m Rear Exhaust Fan.

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I have also purchased two 140mm Corsair SP140 fans that I have installed at the top of the fan, set to exhaust.

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However im thinking it may be better to have one of the top fans as intake, leaving the one nearest the back at exhaust but the other one as intake. I have a large air cooler that has an intake fan installed onto it. So im thinking may be better to have the air from the top just to the right and above it as intake, which will suck the air in and then directly to the cooler.

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Or will that be odd and best to leave it as it is?

Thanks in advance
James

Greybeard · 26 Aug 2015 at 08:05

I say leave them as is. Side and front being intake, top and rear exhaust. That should give a well steady positive airflow.

friendlyJai · 26 Aug 2015 at 12:07

Greybeard said:
I say leave them as is. Side and front being intake, top and rear exhaust. That should give a well steady positive airflow.

Thanks, this is what I have done.

Now im having problems with connecting the CPU to the PSU. My motherboard has an 8 pin connection that looks like this :-

Where the 'C' is the slightly curved hole and the 'S' is for the Square hole

C S S C
S C C S

However the cable that is plit into two looks like this :-

With the left cable matching the left part of above :-

C S
S C

Bu the right part just being all curves

C C
C C

So wouldn't match up. I tried just connecting the left part only but when I press the power button a light apears and goes off straight away and doesn't power up.

So do I need to buy a different cable or could I possibly have a faulty PSU?

Thanks again

Greybeard · 26 Aug 2015 at 19:20

The EPS12V 8pin CPU connector is a standard ATX connector, you should be able to plug it on your board's connector without problem.

Who makes the PSU?

friendlyJai · 26 Aug 2015 at 22:16

Greybeard said:
The EPS12V 8pin CPU connector is a standard ATX connector, you should be able to plug it on your board's connector without problem.

Who makes the PSU?

The PSU is the EVGA Supernova 750W Fully Modular 80+ Gold Power Supply.

I did try both connecting just the four pin one and then both together as they did go in but still won't power up.

Im guessing im going to have to take the PSU out of my old PC and connect it to see if that's the problem. But saying that the green LED light on the motherboard does light up showing there is power

Greybeard · 27 Aug 2015 at 18:13

Yup. try to swap them out and see if you get the same result using a different PSU. Just make sure the connectors are properly seated both on the 24pin and the CPU 8pin.

friendlyJai · 27 Aug 2015 at 21:21

Greybeard said:
Yup. try to swap them out and see if you get the same result using a different PSU. Just make sure the connectors are properly seated both on the 24pin and the CPU 8pin.

Luckily I decided to first try disconnecting power to various components first until the PC powered up. And found that it was the Blu-ray writer that was causing the problems. So I swapped the data cable for a brand new one out of the box and a different power cable and it booted up.

Thanks again

ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΠΑΓΩΝΗΣ · 27 Dec 2018 at 19:16

Best configuration that i make
Fan Mount
Locations mm CFM Tot CFM
Front: 2 X 120 186 372,24 Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC-3000 PWM
Top: 2 X 140 269 538,60 Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Rear: 1 X 140 269 269,30 Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Bottom: 1 X 140 183 182,50 Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-2000 PWM
Side: 1 X 200 253 252,70 BitFenix Spectre Pro All White LED 200mm White
Mid: 2 X 120 186 372,24 Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC-3000 PWM

doyll · 28 Dec 2018 at 13:01

ΜΙΧΑΛΗΣ ΠΑΓΩΝΗΣ said:
Best configuration that i make
Fan Mount
Locations mm CFM Tot CFM
Front: 2 X 120 186 372,24 Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC-3000 PWM
Top: 2 X 140 269 538,60 Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Rear: 1 X 140 269 269,30 Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
Bottom: 1 X 140 183 182,50 Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-2000 PWM
Side: 1 X 200 253 252,70 BitFenix Spectre Pro All White LED 200mm White
Mid: 2 X 120 186 372,24 Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC-3000 PWM

Necroposting in a 3+ year old thread to say how your case fans are setup is definitely not normal, but then neither is your fan setup. Seems like a lot of air being blown around mixing heated component exhaust air with cool intake air heating it up before it gets to components instead of smooth airflow from one side/area of case to another that pushes component heated exhaust away from the paths the cool air is using to flow to components thus keeping the heated component exhaust from mixing with and heating up the cool air that we want going to components.

You might the basic guide to how airflow works and how to optimized case airflow in below link of interest.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/30354296/