Anyone have an In Win 303 with additional fans installed

jeff83nz · 12 Jun 2017 at 10:27

I can't seem to find a review of this case, where the reviewer has added fans to the top and bottom to create a bottom to top flow. Does anyone here have experience with it?

Legend · 12 Jun 2017 at 12:47

I had mine set up that way (see sig) with rads top and bottom, but that's the config this case was designed for. You wouldn't typically have the top fans on intake as you'd see the 'ugly' side of the fan staring you in the face.

Atari · 12 Jun 2017 at 13:45

I've got mine setup with fans top and bottom, I agree with Legend, it probably won't look right if you've got the ugly side of the fan facing you.

I am tempted to spin my CPU cooler around and have the back fan pull in cooler air from the back.

silent · 12 Jun 2017 at 14:55

i have mince, 2 fans at the bottom, AIO cooler at the top with two fans heading out the case. works well.

beefybarn · 12 Jun 2017 at 23:20

Exactly how I have just done mine, 3 at the bottom as intake, 3 at the top as exhaust, works really well.

jeff83nz · 13 Jun 2017 at 12:54

beefybarn said:
Exactly how I have just done mine, 3 at the bottom as intake, 3 at the top as exhaust, works really well.

What sort of temps are you getting, and what is the noise level like?

beefybarn · 13 Jun 2017 at 15:02

No temps yet as only got it put together yesterday but its very quiet, running 6 Corsair HD120 fans through the Corsair Commander pro with the profile set to quiet. Will do some testing over the weekend and let you know the temps.

Adam123 · 17 Jun 2017 at 10:14

Does 3 fans exhausting at the top mean that warm air is being blown directly onto your PSu?

Legend · 17 Jun 2017 at 13:37

Adam123 said:
Does 3 fans exhausting at the top mean that warm air is being blown directly onto your PSu?

Technically yes, but it doesn't make any difference. Nothing wrong with that set-up.

bobbarley · 22 Oct 2017 at 01:23

I've recently purchased this case, 3 intakes at the bottom, 1 exhaust at the rear and then 3 exhausting at the top. 2 of the top 3 exhausts push through my 240mm radiator. What I've noticed which is interesting is that my average temperature when idle is much higher than in my old case, but peak temperatures under full load are a lot lower.

Legend · 23 Oct 2017 at 13:31

bobbarley said:
I've recently purchased this case, 3 intakes at the bottom, 1 exhaust at the rear and then 3 exhausting at the top. 2 of the top 3 exhausts push through my 240mm radiator. What I've noticed which is interesting is that my average temperature when idle is much higher than in my old case, but peak temperatures under full load are a lot lower.

I noticed something similar with mine actually... my idle temps were nothing special, but it was very cool under load.

bobbarley · 23 Oct 2017 at 19:16

I figured it out the other night. Because the air comes up past the GPU, the CPU can never be cooler than the GPU as it's using the second hand warmed air. So when my GPU is 32c, my CPU is also 32c. However my GPU never gets above 60c, so when I stress the PC from 60c upwards the CPU then has just it's own heat to contend with.