Share your Case airflow / Fan setup!

[terroralpha]

i can show you a picture, but it won't help much since you won't see half the fans anyway or know where they are pointing. so i made a diagram

i have two silverstone PWM hubs. one controlling the 4 corsair fans, the other controlling the 4 gentle typhoons. i love these little guys!!!

the 4x riing fans all have 2 low noise adapters connected to each one in series to shut them up. those are the only fans I can't control. the only reason i have them is because they emit a pretty red light and they were free.

the alphacool rad + fans at the bottom look MASSIVE when assembled as one unit. almost the size of a typical car battery.

 

[peche]

nice diagram lad! that’s a great loop, I have no problem with my fans and noise, I mostly use headset when playing, watching movies and never realize how noisy could my rig be!

Regards,

 

[trog100]

I don't take it for granted, I work my ass off. Ok I guess I get paid pretty well for what I do. Its the heat that cost $ AC is cheap. I have a 10 year old 10,000 BTU unit that cools about three rooms pretty good. As long as the CPU and pump are lower than the top of the rad your good. Any air will get caught up in the top and not get pulled down to the pump hopefully. Having the hoses come out of the bottom and up to the CPU can trap air. But its an easy fix to move the system around and get it out

a few years back i spent couple of weeks working in Lexington Kentucky mid June.. i live in the UK and discovered what air conditioning was all about..

in the UK even in mid summer we step outside to get a cool breeze.. it comes natural to us.. i was taken aback stepping outside and being hit by a wave of heat.. we had the windows and doors open out of habit.. the boss steps in and says do you guys want air conditioning or f-cking fresh air.. he he

the locals step out of an air conditioned building into an air conditioned car and literally nobody ever walked anywhere.. we loved the place but it was a culture shock.. simply saying we were English got us special treatment.. we even thought about moving there.. he he

trog

 

[bonehead123]

Sup people?!

I would like to start a new topic, this may help new ones for setting up new cases, fans and also setup, if possible list your CPU cooler. Please share your case/ case fans model and the set-up do you have on it, also recommendations for other will be great, helping each other is always well appreciated!

Images are an excellent plus, if possible!


This is my setup:
Case: Thermaltake commander G42 window.

Case fans:
front intake: 3x 120mm thermaltake Thunder blade blue fan front intake fans, [had to use a ghetto mod]
Bottom intake 1x120mm thermaltake Thunder blade blue fan,
Top exhaust: 2x120mm Gelid extreme slim profile UV fans,
Rear exhaust: 2x120mm Thermaltake riing 12 fans on water 3.0 Pro AIO kit.

image:
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Also i took the middle drive cage from the case,

Space on top exhaust is pretty tight... that why i use Gelid slim profile fans... they have no led lights and also are pretty much silent !


What about yours?
let us know!

 

[bonehead123]

My setup is in my specs, and essentially the same as the OP's in terms of air flow diagram:

Air540 Black & Orange (soon to be red)
2x 120mm Thermaltake front intakes & 2x top exhausts
1x 120mm Cougar rear exhaust
Hyper 212evo cooler w/2x 120mm TT push/pull

I removed all the drive cages, since both of my 2x SSD's fit on the bottom hotswap trays, and my 2TB storage HDD fits on the side with the PSU....

I will soon be changing all of my fans to the TT Riing LED units for a more consistent appearance and power draw, and I will be moving all of my current hardware over to a Z97 mobo asap....

 

[Gregory Hartley]

 

[peche]

I will soon be changing all of my fans to the TT Riing LED units for a more consistent appearance and power draw

those fans are insane, i have 2 for my AIO, they look amazing lad!
i would like to add one more for the bottom intake fan, they look insane really!

nice setup, which is that case lad?

Regards,

 

[Gregory Hartley]

those fans are insane, i have 2 for my AIO, they look amazing lad!
i would like to add one more for the bottom intake fan, they look insane really!


nice setup, which is that case lad?

Regards,

Im using the Theraltake V41.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...cm_re=thermaltake_case-_-11-133-273-_-Product

 

[peche]

nice one, also a cable managemente there will be a nice deal lad! also i gotta confess that the Corev51 still on my wish list, someday, in the other hand the current Coomander g42window fill all my needs, also the fact that has a great window, excellent space for cable management is another great deal, that core V41 have all drive cages detachable right? I would like to mod mine to take out or make a better cage for HDD's and SSD's…. airflow on that cage is almost gone… there is also a fan that I want to use… a Tt thunderblade with some crazy features….

Spoiler: crazy fan

 

[Gregory Hartley]

nice one, also a cable managemente there will be a nice deal lad! also i gotta confess that the Corev51 still on my wish list, someday, in the other hand the current Coomander g42window fill all my needs, also the fact that has a great window, excellent space for cable management is another great deal, that core V41 have all drive cages detachable right? I would like to mod mine to take out or make a better cage for HDD's and SSD's…. airflow on that cage is almost gone… there is also a fan that I want to use… a Tt thunderblade with some crazy features….

Spoiler: crazy fan

Yup the HDD cages are detachable. I took out one of the cages to add more room and better airflow. It even has enough room for watercooling.
Also I need help with cable management, any suggestion? Head over to http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/cable-management-helpdesk.48836/page-21#post-3405311 where I have posted regarding cable management.

 

[peche]

airflow on some of the new cases from Tt is pretty improved!
my new case only has detachable medium drive cage, but i have now 3 intake fans! so no problems,

Regards,

 

[sagman12]

Sup people?!

I would like to start a new topic, this may help new ones for setting up new cases, fans and also setup, if possible list your CPU cooler. Please share your case/ case fans model and the set-up do you have on it, also recommendations for other will be great, helping each other is always well appreciated!

Images are an excellent plus, if possible!


This is my setup:
Case: Thermaltake commander G42 window.

Case fans:
front intake: 3x 120mm thermaltake Thunder blade blue fan front intake fans, [had to use a ghetto mod]
Bottom intake 1x120mm thermaltake Thunder blade blue fan,
Top exhaust: 2x120mm Gelid extreme slim profile UV fans,
Rear exhaust: 2x120mm Thermaltake riing 12 fans on water 3.0 Pro AIO kit.

image:
View attachment 71169
Also i took the middle drive cage from the case,

Space on top exhaust is pretty tight... that why i use Gelid slim profile fans... they have no led lights and also are pretty much silent !


What about yours?
let us know!

hey peche. i have that same case the commander g42 window and im having trouble figuring out how to mount two more 120mm fans on the front intake. The case comes pre-installed with one at the bottom but doesnt have any additional mounting screw holes to add in 2 more above it. How did you manage to install 2 additional fans? Did you use zipties? Thanks

 

[bonehead123]

My setup is in my specs, and essentially the same as the OP's in terms of air flow diagram:

My updated skylake rig, still with GOBS of airflow, but much quieter and better looking than my previous build:

Air540 Black & Red
5x 120mm Corsair AF 140mm Red, 2 as front intakes, 2x top + 1 rear exhausts
Hyper 212evo cooler w/1 Corsair AF120 pushing air upwards

I dont need any drive cages, since I now have 2x nvme M2 SSD's that mount directly on my mobo, and ADATA Sata SSD that mounts on the bottom hot swap bay, and my 2TB storage HDD's are in an external USB 3 case.

 

[Ungari]

Would anyone here consider a reference blower as adding to the exhaust, or do you think it's negligible with regards to case air flow?

 

[AsRock]

A typical reference cooler will blow heat out of the case but still will require enough air input for cooling to be efficient. Personally i like 3x120 ( 140mm if possible ) and at least 1x120mm output(rear).

All so worth considering is to have 1 or more 120mm on the bottom of the case for air input.

 

[Arctucas]

Thermaltake XaserVI chassis.

All chassis fans are Aerocool Shark Black.

Bottom intake-two 140mm

Front intake-one 140mm

Top exhaust-one 140mm

Rear exhaust-one 120mm

Also have one internal 'circulator' fan-140mm

HyperX ram cooler with two 60mm fans.

CPU is watercooled, external PA140.3 radiator with three 140mm Shark.

 

[P4-630]

Be quiet Silent base 600

1 bequiet front intake 140mm
1 scythe 1200 rpm 120mm bottom intake
1 scythe 1200 rpm 120mm rear exhaust fan
1 scythe 1200 rpm 120mm on CM 212 evo CPU cooler

All fans running at around 1000 rpm fixed speed.
CPU cooler fan would run up in rpm above 50c but CPU stays below 50 at all time.

Created a fan profile in msi afterburner for my GTX1070, both fans spin at 1000rpm idle, going up in rpm after around 45 degrees.
GPU stays under 50c mostly during gaming.

 

[SithLord]

he didn't ask for help, someone asked HIM for help .... and the funniest they didn't listen to him explaining the obvious (to any of us) failure that would lead to a overheating

yep.. this is why ive taken the "ill fix it for you, but i wont reveal my methods" approach with the non-pc savvy population. they all seem to "know what they are talking about"

 

[SithLord]

Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-02 mid-ATX

Front: 2x Corsair SP120L Intake
Bottom: 1x Corsair AF120L Intake
Top: 1x Corsair SP120L Exhaust
Back: h80i v2 AIO cooler push-pull Exaust

Coming soon

Side Panel: Corsair SP120L GPU Exhaust

 

[peche]

Here is more about other rigs I have around, like the office one, and also other Rig from my hone, it has the older case I have,


Case: Thermaltake commander G42 window
Fan setup:

Front 3x120mm Tt Thunderblade Blue.
Bottom intake: 1x120mm Tt Thunderblade Black/Blue
Top Exhaust: 2x120mm Gelid Extreme Slim UV fans, no led.
Rear Exahust, 2x120mm Riing 12 Blue Fans, Push/Pull Setup for my AIO water Cooler…


Case: Thermaltake V4
Fan Setup:

Front 1x120mm Tt Thunderblade Blue.
Bottom intake: 1x120mm Generic Gelid fan
Top Exhaust: 1x120mm Corsair AF Blue
Rear Exahust, 1x120mm Corsair SP Blue


Case: Thermaltake Commander MSii
Fan Setup:

Front 1x120mm Tt Thunderblade Red.
Bottom intake: 1x120mm Tt Thunderblade Red
Top Exhaust: 2x120mm Gelid Extreme Slim UV fans, Red led
Rear Exahust, 1x120mm Tt smart fan Red

Regards,

 

[dont whant to set it"']

Yo! thread starter: pictures or it didn't happened.
you've got me in a good mood so here's a picture

 

[ScottOzyGuy]

Thermaltake
Riing Plus fans and controller software

This is how I use 2 controllers and 9 fans

Things you must have.

Each and every controller box must have power. Most newer pc do not have molex plugs. You can use a cable connector from power supply directly to power in on controller. So molex plug lead may not be needed. With 2 controller boxes, you can control 9 or 10 fans.

10 fans without a radiator pump and 9 with a pump, as the pump power lead actually plugs into 1 of the fan connectors of a controller. Do not try and plug pump power directly into USB header on motherboard, it will NOT fit.

The y connector is important. It has a USB 2 connector one end and splits into 2 micro USB connector. (Looks similar to a Samsung phone charger cable) plug into both of the controllers, and single end into USB 2 header on motherboard. Most newer motherboards have 2 x usb2 headers.

This is how controllers can sync.

The first controller should have 5 fans, ( or 3 for a 3 fan controller). All fan connector into controller should be full to allow syncing. It will work if that is not done, but software will show an error / alert on loading.

Once All installed including Riing plus software ( Be sure to use correct software for your fan / controller type )

Open software. As I said if either controller is not fully populated with fans, software with have that particular controller number in red. Disregard if 2nd controller is red.

Click first controller. Set fan 1 colour, speed etc. on the remaining 4 fans attached to controller 1, select copy colour. That copies colour from 1st fan setting. Click save. Now open 2nd controller. All on 2nd controller except fan 1 should be set to copy colour.

Click save.

Click on controller 1 and change only 1st fan info, colour etc. be sure to click save and then all fans both on controller 1 and controller 2 should be in sync and show same colours and patterns.

I hope this has helped someone out there. - Cheers. ScottOzyGuy

Brisbane Australia.

 

[Athlonite]

I have a Silverstone RaVeN RV02BW which has the mobo turned 90 degree's so everything hot exhausts out the top with the help of 3x180mm 900/1000rpm fans pushing 90/100cfm each upwards and out I also replaced the top exhaust fan and the two on my HSF and the one on the front for the drive bay with Gentle Typhoons (1850rpm) even in summer nothing gets hot

 

[Retrorockit]

I overclock old Dells so what I do soesn't apply to most others especially the BTX stuff. BTX cooling is simple 1 big fan with airflow ducted over the VRMs first and the CPU 2nd. Positive pressure. and a clear path out the back. 2ndary fan and vented expansion slot blanks on the Mid Towers and Workstations.
My mod is a 2 motor GFB 1212VHG Delta fan that fills the standard fan housing.

Look at the pitch on the blades on the 9 blade intake. The outlet has 5 blades. The diverter 7.
I wire it up to a Molex due to the 3.4A draw. But leave the PWM to both motors. I put a connector in the PWM wire so I can "pull the pin" for benchmarks.
The fans counter rotate and have a diverter to reverse the flow in between them. So this has nothing to do with push pull or redundancy.
I use a Dell T9303 workstaion heat pipe cooler that hides in the BTX cooler housing. The outlet is 92mm wide, so another fan could be put there.

I've now moved on to bigger fan setup The AFC1512DG 150mm x50mm 1.8A fan. It can run off of the Dell BTX MB header. It replaces the whole fan/housing assy. shown above.
Here it is compared to the Delta 120x25mmm AFC1212D .9A. fan

Here's a more "convemtional" intake fan if I decide to use a TR Macho 120 cooler. The CPU cooler mtg. bosses are clearly seen. Off size pattern but no back plate required.. This is a Silverstone 180x32mm. The floppy bay actually didn't need to be trimmed. It can be stuffed in there as is. i also stuffed it down into the floor of the case. Good airfow under the MB there.
The side air intakes make this a Dimension case. The Optiplexes don't have that and can take the GFB1212VHW 120x75mm 3 motor fans. (never have seen one in real life).

Size matters. Mines bigger than yours.

 

[RejZoR]

The case is Corsair Carbide 330R with 2x140mm front intake (SilentWings 3), 1x120mm rear exhaust (SilentWings 3), 2x140mm (Corsair AF140 Quiet) slow top exhaust through partially closed top covers.

One front intake fan also acts as a fan for the CPU AiO radiator.