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Noxia

Noxia

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I will be mounting an h100i at the front of my 350D meaning I lose the HD cages totally. Is there such a thing (as I'm not good enough to fabricate) that would allow me to store a couple of 2.5" drives and maybe a slim optical in the two 5.25" optical bay slots?
 
I have a 2.5" SSD and a 3.5" HDD in my optical bay. They are just stacked with some foam feet (insulating tape) between them :)

Wouldn't the problem with a slim optical be that it wouldn't take up the whole of the front panel so you'd have abit hole in the front of the case?
 
Oh that's great Jony! Baboonanza, it would mean that unless someone did somethign with a grill on the bottom of it but tbh I was thinking of just getting a USB optical anyway so that thing Jony linked would probably do me fine.
 
I have been reading and it seems the best compromise for temps/noise is a push pull config with the SP 120 Quiet Editions, from what I have read there isn't room to mount this way on the top.
I had mounted my last one as you said with little issue but for this case I don't have as many fans and it makes sense to me to have the h100i mounted low intaking air and the top of the case pushing out hot air along with the rear exhaust.
 
Noxia said:
I have been reading and it seems the best compromise for temps/noise is a push pull config with the SP 120 Quiet Editions, from what I have read there isn't room to mount this way on the top.
I had mounted my last one as you said with little issue but for this case I don't have as many fans and it makes sense to me to have the h100i mounted low intaking air and the top of the case pushing out hot air along with the rear exhaust.
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While there may some benefit for temps, I don't think the lengths needed to install it in the front outway the hassle you;ll go through.

I'd just install it in the top with 1 set of fans (not Push/pull)..

I think you can get push pull on 350D depending on your motherboard.

From what I have heard/seen Push/Pull isn't worth the money...
 
It's a tough one because from a basic science pov, it makes no sense pushing warm air through my radiator as that won't benefit my CPU temps much and I intend to OC my 4790k. That said, it seemed ok in my 550d case.
Another option is to mount the fans as you say, below the h100i pushing out the top, and have two intakes at the front and use the rear as an intake. The whole temp thing bugs me because I really don't know if any significant gains can be made and I just over think it.
Obviously not having to spend £50 on fans for push pull is great

This is from Kitguru.net

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When two fans were used it was in a push config. Obviously there are other variables such as room ambient temps etc
 
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ttaskmaster said:
I'd say it can be... but only if you get the right fans.
If you're insisting on Corsair, I'd suggest the Performance Editions, *not* the Quiet Editions. Failing that, Noctuas.
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If you look at the chart above, 4C change (on load) for an extra £22 on fans and £15-£20 on other additions.
 
It really doesn't make sense financially you are right. I can just lower my OC anyway because I do not need it. TBH I could quite happily run stock I think so probably answered my own question :)
 
What about mounting the slim drives on in the cable well of the case similar to some SSD installs.
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Not my rig but it was the first picture example I found.
 
if your 2.5 drives are ssd's you can put them anywhere you like, a bit of double sided sticky tape is a good enough mounting kit,they've got no moving parts and basically weightless compared to the old clockwork drives
 
You do realise because of the front design, airflow is very restrictive at the front of the 350D even using SP editions, it's one of downsides to the 350D/750D and the reason on the 450D and 540 the front is now meshed.

I ran a H100i at the top of my 350D in standard push config using SP120 Quiets, CPU temps on idle and load were fine, you'll only gain a 2-3 degree drop using push/pull - I tried it
 
I am aware yes which is why I've gone full circle now and will push out the top and use front and rear as intake so I still have a slightly positive pressure. 450 is too big a case unfortunately.
 
Lovely, I'm considering getting braided cables for the first time ever too. So your fans were setup like I just said bar having the rear as an exhaust? It's a 120m on the back right?
 
Doomedspeed said:
If you look at the chart above, 4C change (on load) for an extra £22 on fans and £15-£20 on other additions.
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I found the PEs dropped mine about 20ºC lower than the QEs. My Noctuas only drop it around 15ºC below the QEs, but are vastly quieter than the PEs. Since I was more focussed on reducing the noise, I reckoned that was more worthwhile.
However, I am exhausting out the top, rather than intaking from the front... and in a 500R, as well!
 
Yeah 2 AF120 Quiets on the front, 1 at the back, then 2 SP120 quiets on the radiator, just had them all hooked up to the H100i to control the speeds etc.

Since changed to the 540 though as I got another 670
 
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