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joeswm8

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Im now viewing cases and deciding whether I should get a full tower, or a mid tower. I am not sure. I have a couple more questions too.

Also, what is the difference between an intake fan and an outake fan and where do they go?

How do you know if the back of the case with the rear I/O panel is sufficeint in covering all the places where you plug in devices to your motherbaord?

What are the the expansion slots for on the back of the case?

There is a section at the front under the 5 inch drive bays where fans kind of stack up (or stack sideways, I am not sure) on each other. Is this where the other fans go besides at the back? What is their usefulness if they are stacked upon each other?

The HDDs go in the 3.5 inch drive bays and the DVD-ROM drives go in the 5 inch drive bays, correct?

How do the front USB prots get connected to the motherboard?



Thanks
 
Also, what is the difference between an intake fan and an outake fan and where do they go?
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Intake takes in air, outtake/exhaust pushes out that air. Exhaust is usually in the back of the case and on top, intake is in the front and side panel.

How do you know if the back of the case with the rear I/O panel is sufficeint in covering all the places where you plug in devices to your motherbaord?
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Your motherboard should come with it's own so you won't need the one that comes with the case

What are the the expansion slots for on the back of the case?
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They're for expansion cards like sound cards, usb, firewire, etc.

There is a section at the front under the 5 inch drive bays where fans kind of stack up (or stack sideways, I am not sure) on each other. Is this where the other fans go besides at the back? What is their usefulness if they are stacked upon each other?
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I'll assume that thost are extra spaces for fans

The HDDs go in the 3.5 inch drive bays and the DVD-ROM drives go in the 5 inch drive bays, correct?
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Yep...

How do the front USB prots get connected to the motherboard?
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Read your mobo manual.
 
Also, what is the difference between an intake fan and an outake fan and where do they go?
Having intake and outake fans allows a flow of air through the system aiding cooling, personally i prefer to have my intake on the front covered by a filter to prevent it sucking in dust

How do you know if the back of the case with the rear I/O panel is sufficeint in covering all the places where you plug in devices to your motherbaord?
The I/O plate will come with the motherboard purchased, and plate thats already in will simply pop out and can be replaced so that everything fits

What are the the expansion slots for on the back of the case?
Any additional cards such as wireless cards, sound cards, gfx cards etc. These plug into the board, the blanking plates on the rear of the case are removed to allow them to fit and for connectors to be plugged in

There is a section at the front under the 5 inch drive bays where fans kind of stack up (or stack sideways, I am not sure) on each other. Is this where the other fans go besides at the back? What is their usefulness if they are stacked upon each other?
not sure exactly what you mean but there is usually a section underneath the 5 1/4 inch drive bays that allows for fans to be fitted

The HDDs go in the 3.5 inch drive bays and the DVD-ROM drives go in the 5 inch drive bays, correct?
yip pretty much, it is possible to mount a HDD in the 5 1/4 inch bay but that usually only if you have not 3 1/2 inch bays left


How do the front USB prots get connected to the motherboard?
they will have wires on the rear of them that plug directly into the motherboard, this will be detailed in the manual as to where they plug in but often the socket on the motherboard is marked clearly


Thanks
 
Wow you guys are great!

One more question, I have looked at fans and there is no category for intake or outake, or do you turn the fans different ways to make them both intake and outake?

Thanks again
 
Sweet JimmyMac is fast at replying, so is 2 120 mm fans, one intake one outake, 2 90mm fans, one intake one outake, and a heatsink with fan sufficient in keeping my system good to go?
 
Why do I have to pay attention to these three things: CFM, RPM and dBa?
Why would I have to pay attention to noise level, I sont really care.
And do I have to synchronize the RPM of all the fans?
And what is CFM?

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CFM is cubic feet per minute so will give you an idea of the amount of air the fan can shift, obviously a higher CFM means more air being pushed and overall improving the cooling

some fans have an adjustable rpm so that you can vary the fans speed to get a nice balance of airflow against noise level.

Its worth paying attentiong to the dBa of the fan, some can be extremely noisy, sounds a bit like a jet engine inside your computer, its good to get a nice quiet fan that shifts a lot of air...you'll prefer it in the long run :)
 
If all 4 of the fans and the fan w/heatsink come with speed conotollers, should I get a universal one? How do I connect the fans to the universal fan controller, with a power cable, or another cable?
 
joeswm8 said:
If all 4 of the fans and the fan w/heatsink come with speed conotollers, should I get a universal one? How do I connect the fans to the universal fan controller, with a power cable, or another cable?
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If they all come with a sort of built in speed control then you probably won't need to use a seperate fan controller, but if you do buy one it's simple to connect. there will be 4(maybe more) sets of...Oh, I just found a picture that's pretty easy to understand...

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The fans you'll buy will most likely have this kind of connection or something similar...

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It's pretty easy to tell where you connect them.
 
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