Air Flow?

[Big McCann]

Hi all

So for anyone thats familiar with the Bitfenix Prodigy MITX case, you will know theres lots of ways you can place a couple 120/140mm fan into the case. Now i was thinking about getting a Noctua NF-F12 120mm fan because i simply want everything to be nicely cooled.

Question is for those of you who are familiar with the case is were shall i put it? Above pointing down directly at the motherboard?
Or at the front pushing air all over the case?
Do i even need the fan or would it be best to go for it for the extra cooling?

Sorry for the stupid question my first build folks.

The build is:

Bitfenix prodigy MITX Case

Corsair 600w PSU

Team Group 16GB Ram

MSI Z97I Motherboard

Corsair H60 Liquid CPU Cooler

GALAX GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infinity Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Socket LGA1150

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD For My OS

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB For general storage (mostly illustrator, photoshop, games, music, movies, TV shows)

thanks for your time and merry christmas

 

[Ajaxx]

When I built my girlfriends gaming system in that case, I didn't like the solid front panel. So ordered the mesh front + 230mm fan. Also removed the dvd drive cage and have x2 120mm intakes with the rear 120 the exhaust. All runs cool.

 

[Big McCann]

Cool mate. Il be putting a DVD/Blu ray drive into mine so that will have to stay. But i think there would be enough room at the front for a 140mm Noctua fan under the drive, flowing air towards the back of the case. Yeah the non mesh front may be a bummer like, but i think il just keep it how it is. Then at the back my corsair H60 V2 CPU cooler will have a 120mm Noctua for the exhaust so i think that would work. Cheers!

 

[Trustdesa]

I have got a OCUK Reference 970 and compared to my previous card it makes a massive difference in terms of sound and temperatures as it pushes hot air directly outside the case leaving the remaining two fans more than adequate.

Rig in signature, virtually inaudible up to medium load, quiet at 100% full load!

I would consider a blower type cooler on your card for sure!