Where all can I put my fans? What mm where? Best air flow setup?
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The case includes a 120mm on the rear. Has additional slots which include 2 on top (140mm or 120mm), 1 120mm on bottom (seperate from power supply), 1 120mm on front and 2 120mm on the side. I purchased 2 140mm (on accident) so I was forced to place them on the top along with the included fan in the rear. I am running an msi z87-gd65 motherboard with an i5 3.2ghz (aftermarket fan on cpu) processor and a MSI GTX 760-OC and have no cooling problems. cpu on average runs at 30°C. Hope this helps! Great case for the money!
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I'm using 4 120mm fans, 1 top, 1 back, 1 side, 1 front and it's working well - even with graphics intensive operations
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The case includes a 120mm on the rear. Has additional slots which include 2 on top (140mm or 120mm), 1 120mm on bottom (seperate from power supply), 1 120mm on front and 2 120mm on the side. I purchased 2 140mm (on accident) so I was forced to place them on the top along with the included fan in the rear. I am running an msi z87-gd65 motherboard with an i5 3.2ghz (aftermarket fan on cpu) processor and a MSI GTX 760-OC and have no cooling problems. cpu on average runs at 30C. Hope this helps! Great case for the money!
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It can hold 2 140mm or 2 120mm fans up top, one 120mm in the rear, one 120mm on the bottom, and The front fan setup is somewhat difficult to work with, But I have a 120mm up front. The side pannel can also hold 2 120mm fans. pulling air through the front and bottom and out the top and rear is probably ideal. The air flow in this case is pretty good, although the front design could be better. It's not ideal for radiators if you are looking for liquid cooling. I managed to get a cooler master 120m attached to the rear slot, but it was tricky. Not sure if that was due to the motherboard or the case. Hope this helps It can hold 2 140mm or 2 120mm fans up top, one 120mm in the rear, one 120mm on the bottom, and The front fan setup is somewhat difficult to work with, But I have a 120mm up front. The side pannel can also hold 2 120mm fans. pulling air through the front and bottom and out the top and rear is probably ideal. The air flow in this case is pretty good, although the front design could be better. It's not ideal for radiators if you are looking for liquid cooling. I managed to get a cooler master 120m attached to the rear slot, but it was tricky. Not sure if that was due to the motherboard or the... » Read More It can hold 2 140mm or 2 120mm fans up top, one 120mm in the rear, one 120mm on the bottom, and The front fan setup is somewhat difficult to work with, But I have a 120mm up front. The side pannel can also hold 2 120mm fans. pulling air through the front and bottom and out the top and rear is probably ideal. The air flow in this case is pretty good, although the front design could be better. It's not ideal for radiators if you are looking for liquid cooling. I managed to get a cooler master 120m attached to the rear slot, but it was tricky. Not sure if that was due to the motherboard or the case. Hope this helps « Show Less
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This tower has space for around 8 of the standard large fans. Think they are 120mm. The best fan setup is to pull cool air in on the bottom, front, and side. While pushing the warm air out the top and back, since warm air rises this is always the best setup to get heat from the case. Only issue is bottom fan is a little tricky to get in with your power supply and graphics card all down there it gets crowded. But it all fits. I could only my fit one fan on the bottom.
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Stock :).. if not then u can always place the fan alittle higher or behind it and let it pull instead of push... or get the corsair liquid cooling etc..
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The airflow is actually pretty good. You can install two fans on top pushing air out. You can install fans in front pulling air in. There are gaps with vents along the top and in the front that do not look like they allow much flow, but they are just fine. The power supply in this case is installed upside down as there is a vent on the bottom. If you did not turn it upside down, I would recommend it.
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Hi J.Carrol, the side fans are 120mm. There are two fans locations, so you can put 2 120mm fans. Since they are not filtered, I would suggest using them as exhaust fans or you will pull dust into the system. If you get a filter that covers the area, then use the fans as an intake. The case comes as a negative pressure setup. I changed my case to a positive pressure setup. I also had custom filters made and now use the top 200mm fan as an intake and everything exhaust out the rear now. The case is great, however, I never like the fans on the side. I replaced my side window. Here is a video I did showing that in case you ever get interested. I personally think it looks better without the side fans. The system is much much quieter now also. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNVp0_7dy4Y
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You can mount this fan either way. Look for the molded arrow on the side of the fan to identify airflow direction. Its most efficient when it pulls air through the computer chassis and exhausts it out the back. If you plan to mount it to the side of your chassis to cool your CPU you'll want to bring cool air in from the outside.
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No, there are not. I installed two mini 40mm fans though by drilling my own holes. If I could do it over again I would go with 45mm fans, 50mm in a little too big, I measured. You will have a very difficult time getting any fans in there without swapping the power supply with a pico-psu.
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Hi Neil, if you refer to case ventilation I used the Thermaltake Overseer RX II which already includes fans. For the processors I used Coolermaster TPC 812 CPU cooler.
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Normally, a fan at the back of the case should exhaust air. You want to pull air all the way through the case, and the power supply (also normally at the back) pulls air out of the case - the back fan should assist this. If you use additional fans at the front of the case, you want these configured to intake air. I've also seen configurations where exhaust is at the top, and intake at the bottom, but you want to make sure to include the disk drives in the air flow pattern.
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Fractal Design makes some pretty good stock fans. I'm using the ones included in my rig, if that helps. I also have a Fractal Design Arc XL that I use Fractal's fans with.
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There are two small fans (80mm) on the lower back part of the case that can be configured to blow air to or from the hard disk trays. In my setup I have installed two Noctuas NF-R8 redux-1200 and all my 4 HD's runs cool and quiet.
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I comes with one 120mm in the rear and has a 120mm port in the front and has two 90 or 92mm door fan spots. I haven't needed to use them. In the past, I have put fans on the inside just to push on my graphics card. So you could put 4 or 5 fans on it but it would be overkill for my system. Does that answer your question?
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Yeah, they're just case fans. I took them out and put in a corsair h110 cooler in the front, mounted a couple fans on top, bottom, and back. =-)
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The fan size is 120mm or 140mm for the sides. The case came with a large fan on top, 200mm if I remember correctly. I have 4 120mm fans on the inside, one 200mm on top. Cooling is not a problem. I do not recall how many it has slots for, but it came with three 120mm. I replaced them with all red leds, looks really nice. Check with Cooler Master Web site for additional specs ensure it meets your needs.
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There is one 120mm fan pre-installed in the back of the case.You can install a 120mm fan at the bottom of this case (depending on the size of the PSU), a 120mm fan on the side panel, two 120mm fans at the top of the case (depending on your motherboard) and one 120mm or one 140mm fan in the front of the case. The front of the case has mounting holes for two 120mm fans but you can only install one because the USB and audio ports are in the way. Including the pre-installed fan, you can fit a total of six fans in this case.
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If possible, you want a "chimney effect" where the hot air is "pulled" out. I prefer to have my fans on top. Most cases and components and cases are designed and positioned to take advantage of heat rising to help the airflow. If your equipment has any other fans, use the external to assist their flow, not compete against it.
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Yes, you can add two 120mm fans to the side panel. EDIT: Actually you can probably add any size but 120mm would makes the most sense.
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I have bought three of these cases and none came with fans. It would have to be an add-on by the vendor. There is so much ventilation on case that fans aren't needed, IMO, unless you are using a hot running CPU. In that situation this might not be the best choice for a case.