Solved Help with my fans set up.

[YTBOY83]

Hi folks, i need some advice on which way the fans should be within my new case.

XIGMATEK Midgard PC Tower Case at cheap prices | PC World

 

[stormy13]

Generally you want the any front/side fans as intake, with any top/rear fans blowing out.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

rmw020,
Looking at details on your new case it appears it comes with two fans and has an optional top. bottom and two side fan mounts. Is that what you understand?

 

[YTBOY83]

rmw020,
Looking at details on your new case it appears it comes with two fans and has an optional top. bottom and two side fan mounts. Is that what you understand?

I comprehend that no problem at all. I would like some info on the fan placement etc?????

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I have learned a valuable lesson which you may or may not want to implement. I've found that standard case fans are rather cheap and tend to be very noisy and as you are considering optional fans you may find a deal on 4 or 5 high quality case fans like Noctura's or Akasa's and the like. As mentioned before please draw cool air from the bottom and front of the case and exhaust it out the top and or back of case. Special consideration to the optional side fans. If you use a H50 or H70 water cooler you may have ample clearance for the side top fan which would blow on the cpu and memory moduals. The lower optional side fan will provide great cool air flow for your single or SLI gpu's.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

The added advantage with quality fans is that they fun wide open so quietly that you will be freed up as to which if any fans need to be controlled by the fan controller. Noctura's also come with two step down resistor connectors to reduce fan speed if needed.

 

[YTBOY83]

Here is my system temps at idle last night. The room temp was fair.

 

[YTBOY83]

I have two top fans, one above the cpu as intake and the one above the Ram modules as intake, could i reverse the one above the Ram modules as Exhaust to keep those babies cool.???

 

[linnemeyerhere]

That's the great thing about fans they work well both ways. I would say yes as there is a lot of theory on negative and positive case pressure. Try it out and if your not happy with that it's easy to swap it around. Are you going to OC your CPU and Ram?

 

[YTBOY83]

That's the great thing about fans they work well both ways. I would say yes as there is a lot of theory on negative and positive case pressure. Try it out and if your not happy with that it's easy to swap it around. Are you going to OC your CPU and Ram?

I will only overclock when i need to, for example when there is a game which my rig can not cope with that well, or when i want to upgrade but can not afford to.

 

[YTBOY83]

My SYS Just now. My camera date need set again lol.

 

[YTBOY83]

All of it.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Wicked, You have plenty of cooling power and should have a fun system.

 

[YTBOY83]

Wicked, You have plenty of cooling power and should have a fun system.

Cheers buddy, i am thinking of modding the left side panel to fit a 200mm fan, al leave that to my bro lol.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

My case an Element V be has a 200mm top and 230mm side fans and they are nice as they spin very slow and have little noise. Overall though the jury is out as to if they have the durability of a good 120mm as I just had my 230mm which is 3 months old go in for warranty.

 

[YTBOY83]

My case an Element V be has a 200mm top and 230mm side fans and they are nice as they spin very slow and have little noise. Overall though the jury is out as to if they have the durability of a good 120mm as I just had my 230mm which is 3 months old go in for warranty.

Nice looking case is what i say, to much room for me, i could do some series adding to that case. i could hide my beer in.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I've thought of that but I don't like warm beer. Funny you mention that as I've been thinking that a small room ice box would be ideal for external computer cooling and storage of gaming and computing snacks and drinks. I may have to patent a system.

 

[YTBOY83]

I've thought of that but I don't like warm beer. Funny you mention that as I've been thinking that a small room ice box would be ideal for external computer cooling and storage of gaming and computing snacks and drinks. I may have to patent a system.

Pity we can not use the cool air from a fridge/freezer to cool our pcs lol. That would be a great idea m8.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Actually it's a good thing we don't develop this as I think many gamers would hole up in there rooms and never get out ! At least this way they have to walk to the kitchen to get a snak. lol

 

[YTBOY83]

Actually it's a good thing we don't develop this as I think many gamers would hole up in there rooms and never get out ! At least this way they have to walk to the kitchen to get a snak. lol

For sure, i concur. You must admit, it would be and easy. LOL