Corsair Graphite 600T - No front fan?

[Lobsterclock]

So, recently I got a Corsair 600T Graphite case, which is fantastic, however the only thing I now need to change are the fans. While the current stock fans appear to do the job they're both the wrong colour (would prefer no LED or Red) and a bit noisy for my liking.

My plan is to upgrade the existing fans in my case to the Be Quiet Silentwings 2 (I've already got a Be Quiet CPU Cooler), which appear to be pretty solid in terms of quality, performance and general noise. The problem is however these aren't made to the large 200mm size as used in the 600T. It's not a problem for the exhaust fans as the case will all accept 120mm - however is that the front doesn't appear to have this feature, at least not without awkward modification, which I'm not so keen on doing.

While there are a number of 200mm fans available I personally don't feel this market is anywhere nearly as well established as is the case with the smaller fans. My issue is that I don't want some large 200mm fan to ruin the effort put into trying to reduce the noise of the rest of the case with the Be Quiet fans, this is why I've been wondering if I should just skimp out completely on a front intake fan and just rely upon the exhaust fans for cooling?

It might be that I'm overreacting about the noise of 200mm fans but I thought I'd get some second opinions on the matter! I'm just trying to strike a balance between good cooling and good noise levels.

 

[Lobsterclock]

Hmm, I might consider the Bitfenix Spectre or alternatively the NZXT fans which I've also heard some good things about, although this is all just based on what I've read.

I did however upgrade my exhaust fans with 3 Be Quiet Silent Wings 2 PWM - which I must say are fantastic. Only downside is since disabling my front fan it has pushed up the temps on my graphics card a little, nothing major though and still way below its maximum running temperature which means a large 200mm fan at 5v will probably be all I need in terms of balancing cooling with noise.

@murah - did you have to move your HDD cages in order to fit the fan in?

Thanks for the responses guys!

 

[Lobsterclock]

New plan, I've ordered some black foam board which hopefully I can craft into a fan adapter. I got the idea from here - where the guy made his own custom solution which I thought was pretty neat.

However I'm thinking a 140mm fan might work just a little better, especially as that's the biggest Be Quiet fan they do I believe. Anyhow I'll see how I get on with this little project and I'll get back to you with the results - including some pictures!