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Some Questions About Case Fans
I just upgraded my case to a CoolerMaster HAF 912+ and an AIO watercooling rig (CoolerMaster Seidon 240M) and I had a question about case fans.
The HAF 912 has pretty good air flow. In fact, it has so many holes in it for air to come in, it looks like a kitchen sieve. The whole thing is pretty much mesh, lol. Anyway, the case has two 120mm fans, one in the front, and one in the back, and the water cooler is using four 120mm fans in a push-pull arrangement, blowing out of the top vents.
This leads me to my question: I have a spot for another fan in front, and one on the side panel, above the graphics card. My internal case temp is running at about 3C over ambient, and my processor idle temp is about 4C over ambient. Do I need more fans? If I mount a fan on the side panel, do I have it blow inward or outward? I don't want my rig to be too loud, but I want effective cooling. I'm not overclocking during the summer, but I may this winter. I just don't want my machine to sound like a jet in the meantime.