http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007BDJ4NI/?tag=pcpapi-20
I need Red/Black fans to go with this case. Another thing is that I have no idear what to do when it comes to airflow. So if someone could take the time to explain it and give me some suggestions that would be amazing!
http://www.amazon.com/Silent-120MM-Red-Led-Sickleflo/dp/B0046U6DTC/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_text_y/191-5521835-8555243
combo with ur case.....
and for other fans, this is a decent list, it's not complete, but decent
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/331629-28-cooling-roundup-2012
From my personal experience Noctua, Corsair, Cougar, Bitfenix Spectre's are most silent and long lasting fans i've used.
Corsair: With the rubber mounting, voltage reducer added they can run very silent and still push a good amount of air.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181022
Noctua, does not have any in your color combo... but there the best of the best when it comes to fans.
Cougar, are a very well built fan. Also not in the colors you want... but they do come in straight black sort of.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835553006
Bitfenix Spectre, highly rated fan, very good airflow and does come in your color.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835345061
(Posted a blue one, comes in red they just dont have a picture for it)
One of the main things about Air cooling is to maintain positive air pressure in your case. That means always having more air flow in then out. If you have 3 intake fans, and 1 exhaust fan thats plenty of cooling (120mm standard considered there).
3 pin or pwm?
I don't know what this means...LOL?
What does positive airpressure do?
so to get a "positive presure" I need to buy 3 case fans?
would I need to block the non-used fan mounts?
nah, positive is better than negative, but it doesn't need to be really pressurize... you just need to have more air coming in than out.
and pwm is better, can be controlled from in tho OS, but i'm not sure if you mobo has a chassis pwm (also called 4-pin) connector.
No, Just using an example. Always just use less exhaust fans, and more intake fans. Basically if you have 2 140mm intake fans, 1 120mm exhaust fan is plenty. If you have 1 120mm intake fan, you dont need any exhaust fans because your graphics card and psu will exhuast the hot air. You dont need to block anything. Just make sure your intake fans have some sort of mesh to not suck dust in, and you will not naturally get dust in your case.
tallgeese, did you even look at the caes? the psu is bottom- mount
so you need one exhast on the rear of your case, and just moreair going in than out
I have one pwm on my motherboard is that enough?
If you had ever built a pc before you know you can easily flip it upwards. Sometimes it is more benifital to airflow. I was simply trying to let him get the answer himself instead of stating it.
Put a 120mm in the front, a 120mm in the bottom and point the psu fan downwards. This will give the most optimal cooling for this case.
Okay What is the PWM For and is 1 enough for 3 fans?
umm.... maybe you missed this as a kid, but hot air rises, and besides, you have a huge gpu separating the air in the case, if you exhaust is allin the bottom, than the IMPORTANT stuff, like THE CPU are not getting any cool air
you don't need 3 intake, what mobo do you have? you can get pwm splitters, all the connectors to your motherboard are doing is sending a signal. pwm is just better controllable.
It has a rear exhaust fan included. Guess I could have been more clear and said ADD 1 fan to the bottom, and 1 to the front.
ok, that make alot more sense. I agree.
Ok, so I haven't read the entire thread, but I'm going to spout some knowledge about fans and cooling in general.
Obviously the more CFM the better, but when it comes to positive and negative pressure in cases...well that's an interesting subject. Most people like to have more air coming into their case rather than going out, because it's supposed to minimize the amount of dust in your case. Whether or not this is actually true is debatable. No matter which way you slice it, you're always going to get dust into your case somehow, because you're always pumping outside air into your case whether it be through the intake fans or through cracks in your case.
Dust filters don't really stop dust from getting inside your case in my experience. They end up restricting airflow more than anything else, and any time I've ever used dust filters, I still get dust inside my computer somehow. Filters just don't seem worth it to me because they don't do a great job anyway.
Many say that positive pressure will give you better temperatures. The argument is that negative pressure will cause exhausted air to be taken back into your case through cracks or ventilation holes, since the exhaust fans are throwing more air out of the case than the intake fans are throwing in. This makes sense in theory, but it depends where the ventilation on your case is. Most ventilation holes are in the front of the case or near the expansion slots in the back. Cool air is going to be going into these ventilation holes anyway, because most exhaust fans are at the top and top rear of the case, and as we all know hot air rises.
I've never seen any evidence to suggest that positive pressure improves temperatures and cuts down on dust. For the coolest possible build, I would just suggest installing as many fans as possible.
Also, fans with higher static pressure are better for things like radiators and heat sinks, but when you're installing a simple case fan, you're not going to need a lot of static pressure because you're not trying to push a lot of air through a dense fin arrangement. For normal case fans, just look for the best airflow to noise ratio that you can tolerate. For radiators and heatsinks, look for high static pressure.
The Cooler Master Sickleflows are nice fans, but they do rattle from time to time. That being said, I'm not sure if there is a better red LED fan out at the moment.
I can say, although my case is a little different then most right now. I do not get any dust in the interior of the case. Just saying, I have two 180mm intakes and a single 120mm exhaust with two air filters for the intakes. It actually has zero dust.
I will also say, when I had my Antec 1200 I did reduce the amount of dust inside my case by removing my two exhuast fans. So it only had 3 120mm intakes and 1 200mm exhaust. I did get some dust in it, but very little after the change. I am extremely anal about dust in cases... drives my crazy.
Crap this is confusing... High Air presure is best for collers and general airflow is good for the case?
Also what is considered "quiet" in dBA?
