Yes, I know this case is 10 years old and I should probably get a new case, but I like the big old beast and it is certainly built to last a lifetime....
Anyhow, I'm building a new system in my old case here, and this time I don't intend to use an AIO but have a Dark Rock Pro ready to go. In the past I have had a 240 radiator at the top as intake, and a bottom 140 intake, with a 140 exhaust at the back. It has been cool, but with cpu fans going slow on idle it also seems the vents around the back are drawing in air as the rear exhaust fan seems to push quite a bit more air out than the bottom and cpu suck in, probably due to lack of filters on the exhaust.
I am considering with the new tower cooler I could run bottom and rear intake 140's, and have the tower cooler taking air towards the front of the case. I was thinking of blocking the top vents, and having all air exit the case through the vent below the expansion cards, and through the top rear vent. Being massive, I think there would be room to do this. The bottom intake fan would help air from the cpu cooler to the top of the case, positive pressure would ensure air needs to move out of the case, and air would also then be moving out past the gpu.
Previously I've had many different configurations with this case, as it has so many options to play with. 3 top exhausts would be one easy fix, but I am trying to reduce the number of fans/top openings and thus noise. There's not many cases this would work in, but there's space above the mainboard here to mount a 360 rad with fans front and back, so if I can get the air to go back that way after coming in further down, I think the key parts of the system would have a decent airflow.
So, 2x140mm intakes and passive exhaust? Has anyone tried this, or got any feedback?
Anyhow, I'm building a new system in my old case here, and this time I don't intend to use an AIO but have a Dark Rock Pro ready to go. In the past I have had a 240 radiator at the top as intake, and a bottom 140 intake, with a 140 exhaust at the back. It has been cool, but with cpu fans going slow on idle it also seems the vents around the back are drawing in air as the rear exhaust fan seems to push quite a bit more air out than the bottom and cpu suck in, probably due to lack of filters on the exhaust.
I am considering with the new tower cooler I could run bottom and rear intake 140's, and have the tower cooler taking air towards the front of the case. I was thinking of blocking the top vents, and having all air exit the case through the vent below the expansion cards, and through the top rear vent. Being massive, I think there would be room to do this. The bottom intake fan would help air from the cpu cooler to the top of the case, positive pressure would ensure air needs to move out of the case, and air would also then be moving out past the gpu.
Previously I've had many different configurations with this case, as it has so many options to play with. 3 top exhausts would be one easy fix, but I am trying to reduce the number of fans/top openings and thus noise. There's not many cases this would work in, but there's space above the mainboard here to mount a 360 rad with fans front and back, so if I can get the air to go back that way after coming in further down, I think the key parts of the system would have a decent airflow.
So, 2x140mm intakes and passive exhaust? Has anyone tried this, or got any feedback?
