Case Fans

[Erich Kriegler]

My case has four fans. do I need all of them running or is it a bit of an overkill?

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

What case and where are the fans positioned?

 

[Erich Kriegler]

Zalman z9. They're at the front back and top. The one that isn't on is on the side.

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

Don't use the side one. If you can fit the additional one in the front. If it has the space.

In from the front, out through the rear/top.

 

[J-FRO]

I have the same case, have one pulling air in the front, two on my H60 in push/pull ejecting out the back and one in the roof ejecting. I will be putting another on the side once I get my filter through this week.

Not quite sure why Monkey suggests against it, but for me I'd like to have as much air going in as possible with minimum dust for this summer.

 

[100%scottish]

depends on how hot your system gets lol for htpc 2 or 3 will do the job but for gaming use as many as possible as long as they are positioned correctly. unless you hate noise ?

 

[Monkeyspaz5000]

I have the same case, have one pulling air in the front, two on my H60 in push/pull ejecting out the back and one in the roof ejecting. I will be putting another on the side once I get my filter through this week.

Not quite sure why Monkey suggests against it, but for me I'd like to have as much air going in as possible with minimum dust for this summer.

The side panel fan tends to disrupt the airflow from front to back in the case. I would only advise if you desperately needed some extra GPU cooling.

 

[SouthEastBlue]

I deliberately removed the side fan on the Z9 too for this reason.

You can always stick the spare fan on the floor next to the power supply to pull cool air from the bottom of the case.

 

[cereal3]

What bits are you running inside it?

 

[MatsyLR]

Kinda overkill depending on your hardware, you need to list it.