Case fans necessary?

sk82jack · 23 Apr 2011 at 15:35

Hi today I bought a real cheap set-up for my dad, as he had some ancient dell, but he only wanted to spend around £100 so I just got an Intel Celeron E3400, Gigabyte GA-G41MT-D3, 2GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM (I'll add another one later on down the line probably) and a competitor branded case w/500W PSU.

The case didn't come with any fans but there's space for a couple of 120mm ones, so I was wondering is it worth it or will the hardware that I'm using not produce enough heat to justify spending another £20 on a couple of fans when I could buy another 2GB of RAM or something instead.

EDIT: Looks like I put this in the wrong section. I just assumed that the 'Cooling' from 'Overclocking & Cooling' meant CPU cooling. If a mod could move it that would be great

Sorry!!

Garyj881 · 23 Apr 2011 at 15:59

Two fans for £6 .

Probably be fine with out but for £6 I would.

EniGmA1981 · 23 Apr 2011 at 16:19

Good fans too they are - they work well on my CPU cooler

and on 'low' setting they're nearly silent!

DIABLO · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:48

I'd reccomend at least 1 fan even on the most basic pc to keep the air circulating.

Tealc · 23 Apr 2011 at 17:56

Yes if you must only have one fan then make sure it's an exhaust fan at the rear of the case.

mraerosmith1981 · 23 Apr 2011 at 18:23

Have at least 1 in the rear mount, to exhaust the hot air

Randall8686 · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:06

for the sake of 6 quid i would defo put two in there, one will do the job but on a hot day if its on for a long time two will just keep the air moving

sk82jack · 23 Apr 2011 at 20:43

Sweet! Didn't realise you could get them that cheap tbh! The ones I've seen are like £10 each. It would be so much easier if I could find similar priced ones in local shops but I don't think it's gonna happen at prices like that