Lego Pc case fan setup

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dmullen1994

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Ok so ive been thinking about fan placement for the case. In order to have as mush lego visible as possible i am oly putting fans in the back of the case where they cant be seen and on the top/lid. Basically the case is going to be modled after the danger den torture rack. 2 layers, mb on the top. So on top i am going to put 6 120mm fans in a formation like this. These will probably be all intake.

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Then in the back i am going to put 4 120 mm fans in a formation like this. (the underlining is a representation of the separate layers. The two on top are eshausts and im not sure about the bottom 2 yet.

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What do you all think of this setup?
 
Yeah, I would go with 4 in the front and 2 in the back. But if you want that much airflow, go for it. Now that I think about it, my new case is gonna have 8 of them...
 
Haha, its a horizontal case. So the six fans are on top. I think i will go for it just so i can brag about it and i will have 0 problems with cooling.
 
this maybe a daft question but do pc's run better at cooler temps? i ask as i was going to start a thread on it as the case im using for my new build comes with a 140mm fan on top and a 120mm at the rear with placements for 2 at the front and one on the side panel i wanted the use them all along with maybe a freezer 7 cpu fan instead of the standard one, as im spending close to £1000 on my setup id rather splash out another £30 on as much cooling as possible so nothing is over heating :)
 
Xanthian said:
this maybe a daft question but do pc's run better at cooler temps? i ask as i was going to start a thread on it as the case im using for my new build comes with a 140mm fan on top and a 120mm at the rear with placements for 2 at the front and one on the side panel i wanted the use them all along with maybe a freezer 7 cpu fan instead of the standard one, as im spending close to £1000 on my setup id rather splash out another £30 on as much cooling as possible so nothing is over heating :)
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They dont run better when colder so to speak. But they do run worse when they are too hot. Read your manuals for the hardware, most of it has a safe temperature range, and once you get out of that range parts will start to fail. Also if your building a high end pc and want a good cpu cooler, get the noctua nhd14.
 
Don't put intakes on the bottom.. if you can help it. Less chance of dust, the higher up your intakes are.. I planned on perforating some of the legos and just putting a 120mm fan intake on top. Not decided though, may put some other fans in..
 
codestar4 said:
Don't put intakes on the bottom.. if you can help it. Less chance of dust, the higher up your intakes are.. I planned on perforating some of the legos and just putting a 120mm fan intake on top. Not decided though, may put some other fans in..
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You can buy dust filters from newegg. Not sure how good they are though. I would personally rather use a top fan as a exhaust.

Bottom Mounted: cooler air
Top Mounted: warmer air
 
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