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angel102

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So I currently have a Meshify-C with the stock fans, 2x120mm with one as intake on the front and one as exhaust on the back, and an Alpenfohn Brocken 3 with a 140mm Wing Boost 3 for the CPU.

I am looking at getting a couple of 140mm fans for the front, and moving the 120mm, do you think it's worth moving top the top as an intake or as exhaust given the upgrade in intake fans?

I did see the 140mm Be Quiet 3 fans and even dare I say it the corsair and nxzt AER RGB fans that may look okay in my case as well as perform pretty well, even with the filtered mesh front, what are peoples opinions on them, and between the LL and ML Corsair models?

If I do go down the RGB route would I need any extras or should I get the packs with the controllers included?
 
Two intake one exhaust sounds good, so I'd leave the rear as exhaust. Up to you whether it goes to the top but I'd keep it near the back for cross flow. Experiment! You should get positive pressure to keep dust out this way too. Maybe worth having one 140 at the back so it's not too imbalanced, if it wouldn't look bad.

For RGB, unless your motherboard has some headers, you'll need a controller. I'd suggest staying with one family as connectors often don't match, so yes get a pack with included controller :)
 
LuckyBenski said:
Two intake one exhaust sounds good, so I'd leave the rear as exhaust. Up to you whether it goes to the top but I'd keep it near the back for cross flow. Experiment! You should get positive pressure to keep dust out this way too. Maybe worth having one 140 at the back so it's not too imbalanced, if it wouldn't look bad.

For RGB, unless your motherboard has some headers, you'll need a controller. I'd suggest staying with one family as connectors often don't match, so yes get a pack with included controller :)
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I would have 4 fans, the current 2 120mm fans as well as the 2 140mm I am looking to get, however the front intake fan would have to be moved as the case isn't the largest and I would be putting both 140's in the space occupied by that fan, it's that fan I'm not sure what to do with, positionally or which mode to use, I *might* have just enough room above the cpu heatsink so I could have that blowing down across it or as exhaust above as well, but not sure how that affects overall airflow through the fins due to the different crossflow? I can't do a regular push/pull on the cpu cooler either because of space. Failing that I can sit it above the ram and it has a clear run to the end of my gpu.

I have the asus z370-p so it has 4 4-pin headers plus an AIO header but as far as know not RGB? I am a complete novice on this area so forgive the ignorance.
 
Looks like that motherboard doesn't have RGB, no. So you have free choice of controller and fans really.

Convention is to have front and bottom as intake and rear/top as exhaust but as mentioned before, experimentation is good. My quietest PC has top intake and rear exhaust. I'd recommend making sure all fans are speed adjustable so the system can scale back for quietness at idle.
 
Recommend choosing PWM fans so you can manually set the fan curve (aka the rate at which it speeds up as temperature increases). Also it appears your motherboard only supports 2 case fan connections however you can use a PWM fan splitter for the two front fans.
 
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