Cooling: Best fan setup?

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Hi,

I'm about to start building my first desktop computer in the next week or two, and was wondering what would be the best fan setup.

I've got a CoolerMaster Haf 912 Plus case. I will be using the two fans which came with the case (Front - 200mm, Rear - 120mm), along with 3 Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1200RPM Slipstream 120mm Fans.

Main Components:
Motherboard: Asus P67 Sabertooth B3 Revision
CPU: I7-2600K
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P
Memory: 2x 4GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: MSI 6970 Lightning (Overclockers version)
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850 Modular 'Plus Bronze'
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB
HD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB


A friend suggested this fan setup, but I'm not too sure about it:
Front: intake
Side: intake
(Room for two 120mm fans at the top)
Top 1: intake
Top 2: exhaust
Rear: exhaust

What would be the best fan setup for cooling?


Thanks in advance :)
 
Just reading this post and sorry to hijack but I have a quick question if i may...
I have the same HAF 912 Plus but I will be running the Corsair H60 CPU Cooler - I have been looking around the internet for the best air flow setup and seen mixed reviews so I thought I would ask on the number one forum overclockers!

Scenario 1: Rad attached to the rear fan that is acting as an exhaust. Case<Fan<Rad or am i better having this as an intake?
Scenario 2: Rad attached to the top fan this is acting as an exhaust. Case<Fan<Rag again or am I better having this as an intake and keeping the back fan as an exhaust?

I hope that makes sense.

Pete (First Post)
 
Generally speaking you want to have air constantly flowing through your case, from one side to another (e.g. from the front to the back). Hot air rises, hence a lot of modern cases have fan mounts at the back (near the top) and in the top itself, where a lot of the intake ports are lower down the case.

Generally speaking you want your intake fans at the front of your case, drawing in room temperature air, and exhaust fans at the back / top of your case expelling the hotter air from inside the case. Having the exhaust fans near the top of the case makes the most sense.

Dougie, in your case it shouldn't make much difference whether you mount the rad at the back or at the top, as long as it's exhausting from the case.
 
Havana_UK said:
Generally speaking you want to have air constantly flowing through your case, from one side to another (e.g. from the front to the back). Hot air rises, hence a lot of modern cases have fan mounts at the back (near the top) and in the top itself, where a lot of the intake ports are lower down the case.

Generally speaking you want your intake fans at the front of your case, drawing in room temperature air, and exhaust fans at the back / top of your case expelling the hotter air from inside the case. Having the exhaust fans near the top of the case makes the most sense.

Dougie, in your case it shouldn't make much difference whether you mount the rad at the back or at the top, as long as it's exhausting from the case.
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Thank you Havana and I have decided to go with rear mounting!
 
u may want to consider how your components are located in your system as this may change how you want the air flow to go...

a image of your case (opened) would be useful if you want more suggestions
 
With this set up, I achieved 5.1 GHz and a stable overclock at 4.8 on AIR.

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