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MrPotato

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Rosewill R5 Gaming Case: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147161

Cooling System

Front - 2 x 120mm Intake

Rear - 1 x 140mm Exhaust

Side panel - 2 x 140mm Intake

Top - 1x120mm & 1x140mm Exhaust

Bottom - 1 x 140mm Intake (PSU on bottom)

For HDD 2 x 120mm Fan ~ Are these the front fans?


5 Intake
3 Exhaust (4 including PSU)

Please tell me if I should change anything.

I'm using stock fans right now, but I do plan on buying these http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200110&_ga=1.6119159.517819382.1449616581
and the 120mm version. Should I buy these or could you recommend me something better max $20 each.
 
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I'm not a fan. ;)

Sounds 'okay', as long as you have some type of airflow the case fan scheme isn't enormously important. Probably not worth the investment to buy others unless you want something more silent.

+1 for putting a fan in front of the HDD though.
 
So you're saying I probably don't need 8 fans? Even I'm starting to think its overkill.

I may just buy a few 140mms, one for the bottom, rear, top and leave the 120mms for the SSD/HDD. Right now my computer is quite loud, so I really do want to replace most of the stock fans.
 
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MrPotato said:
So you're saying I probably don't need 8 fans?
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Yes.

MrPotato said:
I may just buy a few 140mms, one for the bottom, rear, top and leave the 120mms for the SSD/HDD. Right now my computer is quite loud, so I really do want to replace most of the stock fans.
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The number of fans isn't important - how well they (smoothly) flow air through the case (lower front to upper back) is. Personaly, I'd ditch the one on the side and the one up top, opting for two front, one rear. The way bottom PSU's are positioned, the PSU fan pretty much just takes care of the PSU (sucks from below and exhausts out the back).
 
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