Just ordered this.... wise choice?

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Hi all,

I've just ordered this to try and get some decent air flow going as my GPU temps are high:


3x 120mm Scythe Gentle Typhoon 1850 RPM Cooling Fan £35.60
1x Nanoxia Deep Silence 1 Silver Ultimate Low Noise PC Case £89.99

I just wanted to see people's opinions on this. I will be putting the parts in my sig in here with eventually the plan being to Water cool the lot.

At the moment, until funds permit, I will be just using the 3 fans that are built in the case and the 3 GT's that I've ordered.

I had planned to put the GT's on one fan controller and the normal fans on the other.

I was going to probably have the fans like this:

Front two pulling air in: Standard Fans
Back large fan pusing air out: Leave it as it is with Standard fan
Base of Case pulling air in: Gentle Typhoon
Two top fans pushing air out: Gentle Typhoons

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Depending on noise and GPU temps I might more the bottom GT to the side panel, but I'd rather not as I intend to have a windowed side on it when I put it under water.

Thanks,

G
 
Now that it's all arrived I'm considering having the GT's as the intake fans bottom and top, and the standard fans as exhaust fans top and back.
 
REALLY pleased with this!!!

My bottom GPU was hitting 93c whilst running heaven in my old case, in this one it maxes out at 73c doing the same bench.

:D
 
i7 930
Two Evga 570 HD 2560MB
12GB DDR3
Asus P6T SE hacked to P6T for SLI
Antec HCG 750 PSU

3 120mm GT's intake, two front one side
3 Deep Silence Nanoxia fans exhausing, two 120mm on top, one 140mm rear

All at stock for now.

Putting under water when funds permit :)
 
From what I have read and researched....you want between 30 and 50% more intake than exhaust. The main reason being positive pressure inside the case....it is possible to have too many fans in a case and it could ultimately lead to disruption of airflow and heat issues. My advice; lose the side intake and the 2 top exhausts (presuming your case is not crammed full of stuff and cables. Compare the temps and see how they differ. I suspect you will find that less really is more! Also creating positive pressure in your case should keep dust at bay. My setup is on the forums and I believe in simplicity. My rig for instance has 2 x 140mm Noctua's front panel intake and 1 x 140mm Deepcool exhaust....system is cool! Side panel fans are great for liquid cooled systems I think (I am an air junkie though)
 
bannedbrother said:
From what I have read and researched....you want between 30 and 50% more intake than exhaust. The main reason being positive pressure inside the case....it is possible to have too many fans in a case and it could ultimately lead to disruption of airflow and heat issues. My advice; lose the side intake and the 2 top exhausts (presuming your case is not crammed full of stuff and cables. Compare the temps and see how they differ. I suspect you will find that less really is more! Also creating positive pressure in your case should keep dust at bay. My setup is on the forums and I believe in simplicity. My rig for instance has 2 x 140mm Noctua's front panel intake and 1 x 140mm Deepcool exhaust....system is cool! Side panel fans are great for liquid cooled systems I think (I am an air junkie though)
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What if I just close the exhaust up top? That will give a slower exhaust. :confused:
 
To be honest they are a lot louder than the nanoxia fans, I have the nanoxia on full at the GTs on half at the moment.
 
Guru said:
What if I just close the exhaust up top? That will give a slower exhaust. :confused:
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you could try that too, the only reason i suggested getting rid of the side intake is that they are notorious for sucking in a lot of dust. for air cooling setups, you want a little more intake than exhaust in general
 
There is a dust cover on the side fan. I only put the fan there as I wanted something blowing directly onto my GPUs. I will try unplugging it. If I'm honest I would rather not have one on the side because I can put the sound deadening back there :)
 
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